Mr. Speaker, last week I had the opportunity to meet with the Israeli Minister of Immigration and the ambassador in my office. We discussed this policy of the government of Israel. I indicated to him the position of the Canadian government, which is the same as that of the U.S. government and many others, namely that it is unwise at this time for the Israeli government, in the interests of security, to take steps that might not be in its long term interests, which depend on implementation of the road map for peace.
We are therefore asking our Israeli friends to exercise restraint in order to guarantee—