Mr. Speaker, let me assure the hon. member and other hon. members of the House that Canada's position is not a done deal.
We will decide about whether we are going to participate in the aspect of ballistic missile defence, which involves its determination of how it works and ultimate deployment in the interest of Canada, in the appropriate way and we will discuss it with members of the House. The Prime Minister is anxious to do that. We will make that move when it is appropriate.
The fact that we signed the Norad agreement is of no surprise to anybody in the House. It was a natural thing to do in order to help our American friends in understanding threats to North America and we will always participate with them on that.