Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the comments of the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of the Environment. In fact, I have requested the foreign affairs minister to do just that. I have requested him to use the persuasive capabilities he more than adequately has to help advance this. Because I do not want to get into any of the acrimonious partisanship that often accompanies such a debate, I will simply say that I have asked the minister to do that. For reasons he has, and which are different from mine, he feels certain limitations in his ability to do that. He feels he has done pretty well what he can, and he may do more in the future, but I have addressed that to him. Because of the limits of what he is able to do, it has compelled me and others to continue with this motion today.
In the House of Commons on May 5th, 2003. See this statement in context.