Mr. Speaker, this avoids the question.
A meeting of major members of NATO was held to discuss the question of ground troops in Kosovo. President Clinton has just made an announcement based on that meeting. Meanwhile, our defence minister's response to questions on a mission in which Canada will presumably be involved is “I do not know who was there. I do not know what was discussed. I do not know what impact it had”.
How does the government expect Canadians to have any confidence in the defence minister or Canada's participation in this affair when the position of the defence minister is “I do not know?”