Mr. Speaker, it has been over a decade since Canada led the way in the signing of the Ottawa treaty to ban landmines.
On May 30, 2008, last year, the Convention on Cluster Munitions was adopted at the UN, including by Canada.
The world needs to rid itself of cluster bombs, weapons that destroy many lives.
Would the Minister of Foreign Affairs commit Canada to be among the first 30 countries to ratify the convention, and if not, why not?