Mr. Speaker, the minister has talked about the essentials. I want to ask the minister if one of the essentials continues to be the use of a NATO force post-settlement. That was obviously one of the stumbling blocks at Rambouillet. It is in the five point plan. Is the Canadian government prepared to say when it talks about essentials, that element of the five point plan is no longer part of the essentials. That would considerably change the threshold for getting back to the table and we think increase the possibility of a diplomatic solution which I think—
In the House of Commons on April 19th, 1999. See this statement in context.