Mr. Ferris: If we were to have the defence policy that I would advocate, it would be, at the minimum, the one that the current government is advocating, and then I would increase expenditures by another 20 per cent. My aim would actually be to do with the army what they are talking about and then to ensure that the air force and the navy could be maintained at least at the relative position they are in right now.
M. Ferris : Si nous devions adopter la politique de défense que je recommande, elle correspondrait, au minimum, à celle que le gouvernement propose, augmentée d'un financement additionnel de 20 p. 100. Je m'efforcerais de faire de l'armée ce que l'on se propose d'en faire, et de m'assurer ensuite que la Force aérienne et la Marine puissent être maintenues au moins dans la situation relative qui est la leur, actuellement.