If we're going to be looking at the situation in Afghanistan, I think there should be a report from the committee. I would like to see a unanimous report, given that our soldiers are there in the line of fire. I don't think there should be any reason that they would receive a lack of support from this committee or the Government of Canada or the Parliament of Canada. I think we should have a report, and we should look into it in more depth and have more information and intelligence on what's happening. Then members of this committee can debate it, and our fellow MPs can debate it more thoroughly in the House, from a position of knowledge rather than a position of guessing or emotion or whatever. We should have a cold, hard look at how we can support our troops and how we can bring some conclusion to the effort we're engaged in.
On May 16th, 2006. See this statement in context.