Mr. Speaker, as often happens, the Reform Party gets it wrong. The real importance of the decision that we took last night is that Canada has made a major contribution to secure democracy in Haiti, to ensure the United Nations is able to provide an effective international presence to support the people there and to ensure that once again Canada is able to exercise real leadership.
As I said Wednesday night, and I believe the hon. member was in the House at that time, it was our initiative that broke the stalemate and allowed the United Nations security council late last night to take the decision that would allow us to go into Haiti with a supplementary force and therefore maintain the evolution toward democracy.
I want to assure all members of the House that the commitment we are making is totally and completely within the budget reference levels of the Department of National Defence. There is no extra money beyond what we are asking. It is totally within the peacekeeping budget that the Government of Canada has set aside. We think that peacekeeping is a priority, unlike the hon. member opposite.