Mr. Speaker, the United States is asking us to take part in the new United Nations peacekeeping mission in Haiti.
Canada, as usual, will probably participate and share the peacekeeping expenses. The United States profits from these ventures through the additional sale of arms. However, it refuses to pay its share of peacekeeping costs which now amount to over $1 billion.
What is the Canadian government doing to get the United States to honour its United Nations peacekeeping commitments?