Mr. Speaker, in the Liberal red book they said they would not be camp followers with respect to foreign policy. That is certainly not the case in the former Yugoslavia.
Canada is contributing a disproportionate number of peacekeepers and yet we have little say in how they are deployed. We are not part of the UN contact group. Germany, which does not have one soldier involved in the peacekeeping mission, has more of a say than Canada.
How can the government justify being a major player in the peacekeeping effort while it remains a minor player in the decision making process?