Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister said that it was hypothetical, which I think is his new word when he does not know the answer.
There was no broad international consensus in support of strikes against Saddam Hussein in 1998 but Canada stood with its allies regardless of the hue and cry from the left. It is not doing that today.
Again, to quote what the Prime Minister said in 1998:
Make no mistake, Saddam’s behaviour to date indicates that he will not honour diplomatic solutions so long as they are not accompanied by a threat of intervention...Canada cannot stand on the sidelines in such a moment.
Will Canada today be counted with our American allies and go side by side with whatever they do in Iraq?