Mr. Speaker, our government is determined to take concrete action and to play a constructive role in order to make the world safer.
Almost 70% of Canadians support the deployment of Canadian Armed Forces to conflict zones as part of UN peacekeeping missions. Almost 80% of Canadians believe that participating in such missions is a good or even very good use of the personnel and equipment of the Canadian Armed Forces. Canadians across the country support this.
Canadians understand the importance for Canada of supporting peace operations and being responsible members of the United Nations.
I will repeat that we are carefully examining all options to see how the Canadian Armed Forces can best contribute to maintaining peace and security.
I thank my colleague for his interest in and concern for the men and women of the Canadian Armed Forces.