Mr. Chair, the member will have a chance to speak a little later. The great thing about this type of debate is that everyone has a chance to get involved and jump up. There are lots of questions and comments. Members do not have to holler.
My colleague referred to the testing of this. The technology for this has actually been called hitting a bullet with a bullet. It is very finite technology and very difficult to do. He referred to the test and said that it was only successful five out of nine times. If there were nine incoming ballistic missiles, I would far sooner have five of them shot down than none of them.
My colleague from the Bloc Quebecois is opposed to this but what is his alternative? Is it to maintain the present huge nuclear missile deterrent? As I said in my remarks, the only other option is to maintain the mutual annihilation. What is he proposing as an alternative?