Mr. Speaker, I can sympathize with the member who brings up the problem of trying to get all the information on the table in a short, 30-minute briefing in a formal committee structure.
As we have seen so often, a minister might make a 10 or 15 minute presentation which leaves other parties—not to mention government members who may or should have questions about the same issue—with maybe two three-minute questions, maybe the same amount of time for answers and then no follow-up. It is a very inadequate briefing for something that appears to be escalating quite rapidly.
We sent six fighter bombers, then twelve and now eighteen. Negotiations are taking place in NATO circles regarding numbers; 50,000 to 100,000 ground troops. It is a huge discussion and should be part of a huge debate that should, I would argue, eventually lead to a vote, and not a vote just in committee where eight or ten people might be well informed for 30 minutes.
A motion should be brought forward by the minister with a proposal in hand giving the House the situation and the military and political objective. We all know the moral objective is to stop the ethnic cleansing. However, the minister should come to the House and let all of us be briefed, not just the few who are fortunate enough to attend committee.