Pilots are leaving Canada's Air Force, and morale is demoralized. That's from defence critic and Selkirk-Interlake-Eastman MP James Bezan, following the Liberal government's failure to provide new funding for the Canadian National Defence in this year's budget.

"As you know, just about a year ago the Liberals brought down their new defence policy, 'Strong, Secure, Engaged,'" says Bezan. "To make that defence policy a reality, they have to actually resource it and provide the dollars to obtain the necessary equipment."

Bezan says the rhetoric over the issue of procurement is disjointed, and has created uncertainty among Canadian fighter pilots about their future in fighter aircraft.

He notes waiting continues to bring the orders for the next generation of service combatants for the Royal Canadian Navy, and there are many other holes in what the Liberals say they're planning and what they're actually getting done. Bezan says it's all due to not properly budgeting those dollars.

Bezan says it's the biggest spending budget the Country's ever had. Deficits continue at over $18-billion, which is three times higher than what they promised in year three of their mandate. He adds it's due to pandering to special interest groups. Bezan notes money goes overseas to various organizations that aren't making any improvements in our Canadian way of life apart from higher taxes. He explains Canadians are paying an average of over $800 a year per person more than before Trudeau came to power.

He says the defence file shows typical Liberal dithering and delays, and failure to provide resources and equipment to our troops, which affects the morale of our personnel who serve the country so well in uniform. Bezan notes this departure of fighter pilots from the air force is becoming somewhat of a crisis. Part of it is due to attrition, he says. but much of it is results from frustration about the replacement of the CF-18s into the circus it has become.

Bezan says Trudeau promised to not buy the F-35, and instead buy the Boeing Super Hornet. He says the Prime Minister then walked away from the deal when Boeing and Bombardier squabbled over the issue. He notes Trudeau then picked sides and is now planning to buy used F-18 Hornets from Australia which are 35 to 40-years old, which is as old as our current fleet is. He notes while Trudeau refused to buy F-35s, Australia's getting rid of the decades-old F-18 Hornets in order to purchase F-35s. Bezan notes we're buying used fighter jets to replace our current used F-18s, adding it's a joke as we watch this played out. He explains the military's seeing people not wanting to join or stay in the forces due to this debacle.