Mr. Speaker, nobody is disputing that, at least I hope not, but the question is: What is the Canadian answer to the American question, which now appears to have been asked, or is the Prime Minister denying that this request has been made?
That is fine if he denies it, but if he does not deny it, what principles and policy objectives is the government pursuing in its response to this and when is parliament going to hear something from the minister in the form of a ministerial statement, a position paper, something that gives us some idea of what the government is up to here?