Mr. Speaker, I would like to take this opportunity, in the presence of the Prime Minister, to state, as our Conservative colleagues found out this morning, that there is a problem with consultations.
There is a real problem when it comes to consulting members of this parliament. These past two weeks we were promised we would be kept informed. The government promised it would keep us informed, which it has not done properly, and should do better and more often in the coming weeks.
I understand my Conservative colleague is a lawyer. He probably knows how to read the acts that would apply to the present situation. The National Defence Act, for which the minister is responsible, provides that the Governor in Council may place the Canadian forces on active service in consequence of any action undertaken by Canada under the United Nations Charter or the North Atlantic Treaty and not requiring parliament's intervention.
Is his party of the opinion that this provision should be amended so that every time we are considering sending troops—