Madam Speaker, first let me say that I believe we have to be involved in the peacekeeping effort. As the hon. member mentioned, political stability is very important. In spite of the misgivings of the hon. member, if Canada were not involved, seeing as it has been an architect of peacekeeping, then there would be many other countries that would not get involved.
The hon. member mentioned that we lack the capability of making a credible effort in this regard. I wonder if he and his party would like to come forward to give us numbers in terms of the numbers of soldiers that should be sent and what kind of equipment they should have, instead of undermining the efforts of the government in fulfilling a very useful role, a role we have been instrumental in pioneering.