Paul Crête at the Foreign Affairs and International Development Committee

On March 9th, 2009. See this statement in context.

March 9th, 2009 / 4:50 p.m.

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Paul Crête Bloc Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup, QC

Is there a symbolic issue on which you would expect action by us?

For example, the President of the United States has just invited Mr. Ban Ki-moon to meet him. That is a recognition of the United Nations that the Bush administration didn't make.

Could Canada, and not necessarily in the person of the Prime Minister, take what you would consider more appropriate action, in relation to Africa, for example?

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