Mr. Speaker, my hon. colleague clarified a number of things for me, which I thought was very good and comprehensive.
When the NDP member for Winnipeg Centre was speaking a little earlier and I asked him a question about article 21, of course he failed to read the most important provision of article 21, which is clause 3. I assume he did that on purpose. It states:
Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 1 of this Convention and in accordance with international law, States Parties, their military personnel or nationals, may engage in military cooperation and operations with States not party to this Convention that might engage in activities prohibited to a State Party.
I have a question for my hon. colleague. It is a fact situation that I would like to suggest to ask how he thinks the legislation that might have been proposed by the NDP would treat Canadian Forces in this situation. For example, what would happen if a Canadian ground commander, in a place like Afghanistan where they are operating with other countries—