Mr. Speaker, I am on the job. The hon. member for Burnaby—Douglas was part of the NDP caucus that went a little AWOL not too long ago in going over to Belgrade.
I just had a meeting today with Secretary Cohen. I have had numerous meetings with Secretary Cohen and other defence ministers within NATO. I do not hear complaints from other NATO defence ministers that I did not include them.
We all know that we have informal discussions, but we also know that the decision making process is at NATO in Brussels and we are all full participants in it.