Mr. Easter, I would like to begin by responding to your first question, which touched on a specific issue.
As politicians, we have a responsibility. If we know that people are inciting hate speech or if we know that there are places where terrorism is being encouraged, we have a duty to formally distance ourselves. That is our number one responsibility as parliamentarians. We live in a democracy. We cannot tolerate people who promote ideas of terrorism and violence. That is unacceptable. That is our number one responsibility.
The second is to equip law enforcement agencies with the necessary tools so that they can neutralize these people and intervene to lay charges against those who might be tempted to recruit others or participate in acts of terrorism.
I want to be clear this afternoon. You yourself mentioned that we have a collective duty to combat terrorism. I hope that we can count on your support when it comes time for us, as elected officials, to take meaningful action to combat terrorism.