I could not agree more with Commissioner Paulson. Building resilience, building awareness...and I would also add the boots on the ground. We in this country have every law enforcement officer, every police officer, involved, and reaching out is part of our counterterrorism strategy, but every Canadian is also part of it. I could not agree more with Commissioner Paulson.
That being said, it is critical that we as politicians make sure that we are enabling all law enforcement to adjust to this evolving threat. We've seen clearly this afternoon that a threat is evolving. Probably very few were aware of the existence of this terrorist entity a year ago, and now this is a direct threat to our society. We need to be able to adjust, to evolve.
That's why the Prime Minister clearly stated in his speech Friday that we need to tackle terrorism over there, joining the coalition. We need to provide, to those who are impacted by terrorism, humanitarian aid, but we also need to be, I would say, steadfast in our commitment here in Canada, as a government and as politicians and as parties, to support initiatives aimed at enabling our law enforcement to tackle this evolving threat.