Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Canada has a long tradition of meeting its obligations to the United Nations in full and on time. It was $270 million last year. Thanks to political manoeuvring in the Security Council, Canada is going to be stuck with the full cost of sending additional troops to Haiti for four months, $24 million.
Under those circumstances, will the minister consider withholding $24 million from our other UN assessments in order to compensate us for this unjust cost?