Mr. Speaker, the fact is that the mission the government undertook when I was part of that government would have ended in February 2007, this year.
It is that member's party, when it formed the government, that brought forward a motion, in haste, to extend the mission, when it could have waited some months so that we could have had more experience under our belts. Now the fact is that we have made a commitment to the world.
Our combat mission must end in 2009. That is our position. That does not mean we will abandon Afghanistan.