Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
As we speak, at the United Nations right now, there is an international treaty to ban and stem the proliferation of small arms and light weapons.
Small arms and light weapons kill more than 150,000 people a year. However, 100 countries support the establishment of this treaty. Right now the government has removed Canada from supporting the small arms and light weapons treaty.
Why has the new Conservative government removed Canada from supporting the establishment of a treaty that--