Mr. Speaker, I hope the member will remember this months from now when we reflect on what happened. It shows precisely how little Reform Party members understand strategic military activity, how little they understand being part of an alliance in a war.
The member honestly believes that in a middle of a war we should be thinking of going back to the legislators and having a debate. As one of his colleagues said, they should be told the moral, political and military dimensions so they can have a big debate. Then there will be a vote on it to determine whether or not to take the next strategic military step.
If we had done that it would no longer be strategic. It would no longer be an element of military activity. We cannot have that debate before it is done. We cannot do that in the middle of a war. The member does not understand that, but the NDP does. If the member would talk to NDP members he would understand what they were asking for. If, as and when ground troops are used in the Kosovo conflict and Canada participated, they are asking for a vote in the House after the fact on whether or not they agreed with the government's action.
The Reform Party is suggesting that somehow the vote would be taken before taking action. The NDP vote would be a vote after the government has taken action and it is a matter of whether or not a confidence in the government's action would be taken. That is the difference between the Reform Party and the NDP.