Mr. Speaker, I would like to state first of all that the Canadian government strongly condemns the violence in Algeria. As the hon. member knows, the government sent a special envoy to discuss Canadian assistance in putting an end to this violence. At the present time, we received an indication that Algeria is prepared to receive a delegation of parliamentarians and I hope my colleague the House leader will be able to head up a group of parliamentarians in the coming months. I have invited a group of—
In the House of Commons on February 2nd, 1998. See this statement in context.