Mr. Speaker, the problem is of course that the UN talks are taking place without Canada. The Prime Minister talks a very good game when it comes to world peace, but he refuses to be at the table where we could be playing a role.
It is a good thing Lloyd Axworthy did not act this way.
As a Canadian, I am very proud that the Ottawa treaty to ban land mines has the word “Ottawa” in its title. Even if Canada was not planting the mines, we saved hundreds of thousands of lives.
Let me come back to the question instead of the non-answer that is really about something else: why are we not at the negotiating table for nuclear disarmament? That is my question.