With respect to the issue of what happened on October 7—the worst massacre of the Jewish people since the Holocaust—I hear people around this table saying, “Well, Canada should just recognize a Palestinian state.”
Wouldn't that be rewarding terrorism? The long-standing position of Global Affairs Canada is that terrorism must be rejected as a means for achieving political ends. However, here we are, just barely a year since these atrocities took place, and for some reason, this committee saw fit to hold these meetings to reward Hamas for committing these terrible atrocities.
Would you agree that this is improper?