Discuss some of Harper's attempts to purchase defense equipment and how they were received by opposing political parties in Canada.
And lets not forget that Harper attempted to purchase a large number of fighter jets, which would have accounted for a large portion of defense spending, only to be derided constantly by the Liberals and NDP for doing so.  Harper also attempted to purchase ice--breakers for defense of our northern areas, but that was squashed by an admittedly stupid model choice, which again caused the deal to fall through.