Mr. Speaker, to begin with, I did not say yesterday, and I ask the hon. member to look at the transcript, that NATO summit leaders would be discussing ground troops. I said that there will be meetings at which they will be able to discuss a wide variety of options for the future. It is up to the leaders to determine what the nature of those discussions will be.
At this point in time the position of the Canadian government is as it has been, that we will only support ground troops as part of a peacekeeping force to implement a peace agreement. That was the decision taken by NATO. That was the decision taken by the Canadian government.