Mr. Chair, one of the biggest concerns I hear from Canadians is the duplicity of the government's message saying one thing and doing another. A good example that can be applied to this situation is the fact that Canada has signed a comprehensive agreement to stop the production of landmines in the world.
However, at the same time the government is allowing our Canada pension plans to fund the production of those landmines that are killing children, soldiers, and people across the world. We do not know where they are and where they are going because they are doing it indirectly with companies that produce these materials and weapons. We wonder about the skepticism of Canadians when they do not have these things in print because it is a bad practice.
My questions are quite simple. How can the Conservative Party come to the table and say to the Americans that we are going to participate with them, but we are not putting any resources and we are there with nothing. What type of partnership and message is that saying? Is that really being honest with Canadians to say that we are going to be a partner in this, we are going to be involved, and we want to be at the table, but we have nothing to offer?
What I want to know specifically is how much financial resources is the Conservative Party willing to contribute to this program? Or is it willing to go to the table with the United States and say we have nothing to provide other than our thoughts?