Mr. Speaker, with respect to allowing the use of cluster bombs, Canada is not using cluster bombs. We are not involved in the bombing of Afghanistan. The United States is using them but they are lawful to use. They are not banned in the same way that anti-personnel landmines are banned.
One thing that Canada does pay attention to within the United Nations framework is the cleanup of any weaponry that is left. The whole point about anti-personnel landmines is that they are in the ground and they hurt people after the conflict is over.
No matter what the weaponry is, we want to make sure there is an appropriate cleanup so innocent civilians are not hurt afterward.