Mr. Speaker, I explained clearly the position of the Canadian government on that. I do not have to ask the President of the United States to state the position for Canada. Canada can state its position on its own.
On the other hand I used the occasion of my talk with the president. Last week I talked with him on the telephone and I talked with him privately about the situation in the Middle East. Not only that, Mr. Berger, the person looking after security, came on Saturday morning to discuss for an hour and a half with me the report of the Canadian mission in the Middle East. He was very happy with the trip and what the Canadian government has done.