Madam Speaker, I do not care to respond because I do not want to spoil what I think is a co-operative non-partisan effort going on here today. There will be other opportunities to reflect on the differences that exist between the parties with respect to participation in some parliamentary associations and not others.
I just want to say that when we think about the mines that are constructed to appear to be toys so that children will pick them up, it makes us kind of ashamed to be human beings when we think that these weapons were devised by the human mind and constructed by human hands.
It is hard to conceive of a world in which this would be possible but this is the world we are confronted with and against which we set ourselves today as a country alongside so many other countries.
From a theological and biblical point of view, it reminds us of what a sinful world we live in. However, we look to the words of Isaiah. We want to finally beat swords into ploughshares and spears into pruning hooks. By finally getting rid of land mines in many countries, as the member from the Reform Party said, we actually want to create a world that is safe for ploughshares. So many people cannot plough and grow food and cannot economically develop because of land mines.
The old metaphor about swords into ploughshares and spears into pruning hooks seems to be doubly applicable here. It is not just a question of beating swords into ploughshares. It is a case of creating a world in which ploughshares can be employed without danger to life and limb.