So much for leadership, Mr. Speaker. Even Brian Mulroney had the guts to say no to star wars in the 1980s.
My supplementary question is for the Minister of National Defence.
If Canada has really taken no position on the NMD, why is it that we are posting a senior military officer in the Arlington, Virginia headquarters of the U.S. ballistic missile defence organization, the only non-American in that position? The BMDO says that the guy is much more than an observer. Why is there this direct Canadian military link with the missile defence plan, right in the heart of the scheme?