Mr. Speaker, I should inform the House that last Friday a national defence beacon went off in the Oka area.
A Labrador helicopter and a Hercules plane came from Trenton as part of the search and rescue operations. The helicopter, clearly marked "search and rescue" and coloured yellow, landed at Oka where it was confronted by members of the reserve who said that they had been shooting at the helicopter and to get off the territory. This was a normal search and rescue operation.
I should say that la Sûreté du Québec is wondering why a national defence beacon went off in that area when it obviously appears there is no plane missing. That is a question that is under investigation by la Sûreté du Québec.