Evidence of meeting #14 for Foreign Affairs and International Development in the 39th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was haiti.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Kevin Sorenson
There's a call for the question.
Again, we'll have a recorded vote, first on the amendment to the motion.
(Amendment agreed to [See Minutes of Proceedings])
Conservative
Conservative
Ken Epp Conservative Edmonton—Sherwood Park, AB
I have one very quick question for the mover of the motion.
The beginning of the third paragraph says that "the only means in which the people of Darfur are going to be safe is through the deployment of a robust Chapter 7 peacekeeping force", which is pretty well as brutal as you can get in terms of stopping something.
Now, on what grounds does the mover say that this is the "only" means? Are there not some other steps that could be taken as well?
Liberal
Keith Martin Liberal Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca, BC
The answer is no, there's nothing else. Given the behaviour of Khartoum, no, there's nothing else. And the UN has recognized that.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Kevin Sorenson
All right. We'll call for a recorded vote.
(Motion as amended agreed to: yeas 6; nays 2; abstentions 2 [See Minutes of Proceedings])
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Kevin Sorenson
Thank you, folks. It's good to get that out of the way; painful, but....
The next part of committee business is in camera.
[Proceedings continue in camera]