Mr. Speaker, I just had lunch with the ambassador. I want to assure all hon. members that there is no problem between the ambassador, myself, the Deputy Prime Minister, or the Prime Minister.
It is clear what the ambassador is seeking to do. He is telling our American partners that we are active with them in defence of North America and in appreciation of the threats that come to North America. That is why we did the Norad amendment. In many ways he was quite correct in saying that this is all that Canada needs to do to help our American allies in this situation. It was a perfectly obvious thing for him to say. It does not change the Government of Canada's policy whatsoever.