Mr. Speaker, we are not refusing to allow such a debate and we do take it seriously. However, history has shown us that there has been significant division in Canada in the past when such decisions had to be taken.
There is a greater unity than ever here on this question at this time, a first, on the question of Kosovo. Could the Prime Minister not commit to telling us in advance whether indeed he would hold a vote to avoid a repetition of the ridiculous situation that occurred in 1991, when we were debating in the House whether we would go to Iraq, while the war was being shown on television.
We do not want to be in that situation again—