As I said, I do military and counter-narcotics. I only got into food aid recently, accidentally. I can understand their opinion. I think it is so important that we solve this problem for our Canadian military as soon as possible that they might even be convinced that this is a circumstance where they can make an exception to what sounds like a thoughtful rule. I'm not sure, in these circumstances, where our military are so at risk and the Afghan population is faced with starvation, that you want to stick to that sensible rule. It might be time for an exception.
On October 25th, 2006. See this statement in context.