I am a little worried about this. I have been in Parliament for six years. But I am wondering whether, over the past three years, there has been a global dialogue in order to suddenly change, reform and eliminate concepts we have always worked with and have been sensitive to. When we fiddle around with semantics, we sometimes change the whole meaning of the words and make them weaker. We even change the essence of the debate.
For example, in the action plan proposed by the government with respect to resolution 1325, there are many principles and wishes. Yet the people from the Pearson Peacekeeping Centre, who are specifically trying to implement policies to combat violence against women, to ensure safety, and to send trained people on the ground, told us that they would no longer receive funding in 2012 and that the program would no longer be extended. We also realized that there was no funding anticipated in the action plan for this purpose.
It looks like the government is increasingly changing the rules in the things it is proposing to us. We want to look good, but, at the same time, we no longer have the tools required to turn words into action.