I want to thank the hon. member for his hypothetical question, and I will try to be as specific as I can in my answer.
The question is hypothetical to the extent that these tests are not scheduled to take place over Quebec territory. If that were the case, however, we would have to ensure, as has been done in the case of cruise missile testing since 1983, that the tests are carried out under the best possible conditions, which means, as I
pointed out earlier, within a corridor away from populated areas, where there would be very little impact on the environment.
If these conditions were met, I think that our answer would be the same as the one we give today for tests in western Canada.