Mr. Speaker, the hon. member for Abitibi—Témiscamingue is absolutely right.
The NDP's position is clear: we are in favour of having a better discussion and better integration with the international community, and we are in favour of combating every threat to international peace.
As stated in United Nations Security Council resolution 1570, the conventions are one aspect. The NDP would never have gotten in the way of passing this bill.
As my colleague said, it makes absolutely no sense that it took this long for this bill to be introduced.