Canada in general is a humanitarian donor. Whenever Minister Paradis as well as past-minister Baird have appeared internationally, they are strong champions of the humanitarian principles. Our key concern is that you as parliamentarians look at the mission going forward and that you don't say there needs to be a military mission in place in order to deliver humanitarian assistance. There are, as Ms. Pearce and others have said, humanitarian actors in place who can deliver and negotiate access and we're able to have those two conversations separately.
On February 17th, 2015. See this statement in context.