Mr. Speaker, I thank the hon. member for the question.
I would like to report to the House that yesterday in Montreal at the ICAO meetings, the Canadian delegation was led by my parliamentary secretary, the member for Cape Breton Highlands-Canso. At that meeting we took the very strong position that we should condemn the shooting down of any civilian aircraft, in keeping with the full rights under the Chicago convention. We made that very clear. We also were very active in promoting the development of a resolution that would undertake a full investigation of all the facts surrounding the shooting down of the aircraft outside Cuban waters a week or so ago.
That resolution was adopted by full consensus, which we are very pleased to see. We have been urging both parties to adhere to the results of that investigation, to ratify the Chicago convention that outlaws the shooting down of civilian aircraft.
I think it is a clear example of how, when we work through international institutions by international rules that is the best way to solve disputes.