Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of National Defence.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs accused the opposition of sowing confusion. It seems to me it is the government that is sowing confusion about its own position with respect to the war in Iraq.
We understand, for instance, that troops on exchange in the past did not deploy to the Falkland Islands or to northern Ireland when they were attached to British units that were involved in those areas. We wonder what is the difference now between those conflicts and Iraq? Why is the government complacent about its own rules being broken with respect to the deployment of troops when it comes to the war in Iraq?