Mr. Speaker, just to follow up on the House leader's comments, this country is involved in an international conflict. It is involved in the most delicate of negotiations with our neighbours to the south, the Americans, who are spearheading the war against terrorism. We are involved in trying to apply international law, things like the Geneva convention. This is not Trivial Pursuit. This is the nub of international law when it comes to international conflict. We are up to our necks in this.
We are proud of the contribution of our troops. The fact that they even took prisoners is another indication of the quality of our troops and the necessity of their job. We are proud of them. They are doing the job and they are doing it well. The fact that they have prisoners is not the issue.
I would argue with the House leader to consider that the issue is we are involved in an complex international conflict right now, a war. We are on foreign soil and taking prisoners who are to be handed over to a third party, another nation, to be taken to another nation again. Because of that very issue the minister should step aside. It is serious.