Foreign Affairs
October 5, 2001
Mr. Bill Blaikie (Winnipeg--Transcona, NDP): Mr.
Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Foreign Affairs, whom I applaud
when I hear him say he does not want to give up on the idea of a country. I
would ask him not to give up on the idea of parliament either and consider
whether or not parliament should be consulted before any decisions are made rather
than after the fact.
My question for the minister actually has to do with
the lifting of sanctions on Pakistan. I wonder if the minister could give us
any indication whether or not any guarantees were given or sought on the part
of Pakistan with respect to nuclear testing and the--
Hon. John Manley (Minister of Foreign Affairs,
Lib.): Mr. Speaker, in removing the sanctions previously on India, and this
week on Pakistan, in both cases we have made it clear that the decision to do
so does not reflect any change in our disapproval of their nuclear policies.
In addition it does not extend to trade in military
goods or nuclear co-operation. Furthermore, we made it very clear, and I did so
personally to the foreign ministers of both countries, that we expect both
sides to use a great deal of restraint in their dealings between each other at
this very sensitive moment.
