Mr. Speaker, Canadians are rightly outraged that our soldiers are being held hostage and their lives endangered. The government has failed our peacekeepers and has failed Canadians. It renewed our mandate in Bosnia without any criteria for evaluating the mission.
The facts are plain. The warring factions continue to target UN troops. Ceasefires are not respected. Humanitarian efforts are impossible and there is no peace to keep. The government knew this in October, it knew this in March and it knows it know. Will the government commit itself to the withdrawal of Canadian troops as soon as possible?