Mr. Speaker, the hon. member has apparently forgotten that this country has a well equipped armed forces that could have been used in that situation.
This government is trying to define a role for the armed forces. Here was an excellent example of a role that the militia of this country could have played. The army could have been sent in to control this situation. Yet, it refused to do that. Why?
I am inclined to think it is because of where the problem was happening. There were other issues involved here and this was an area that this government did not want to touch.