Mr. Speaker, surely there has to be some judgment in all of this. In these chambers we set national goals, agendas and priorities all the time. They are not judgments. They are policy and they are directives that come from elected members who represent the people of this country. Some of those things include the treaty on landmines, where Canada has been very progressive, but at the same time we are investing in companies that produce landmines. Surely that is not a judgment call. That comes as a directive of an electoral system that has asked us in the House to pass certain laws and legislation.
The member talked about a slippery slope in a sense of where we stop on these things, but I would like to have him respond. Surely where we actually have legislation passed in these chambers and in these halls because people have voted for people who made those decisions, could we not at least rule those companies out first, whether they be landmines or tobacco companies? Those things are clear. They are not judgment calls. They are directives from the people.