Mr. Speaker, first I want to reiterate, because it is extremely important that we do so, that we have not exhausted all possibilities. We simply cannot take the position that only more military intervention is going to bring us to a peaceful solution. I want to carefully restate that.
This was a question that was addressed by my colleagues the international affairs critic and defence critic on March 31. We took the position then calling for us to redouble our efforts to seek a diplomatic and political solution. Should the issue of ground troops become one as an absolute last resort, then it is absolutely incumbent upon the government to come before parliament to set out clearly the military objectives, the terms of engagement, what precisely it is the government is proposing and after a full debate in parliament, that no such initiative be launched without there being a full vote of parliament.