Mr. Speaker, the Government of Canada is very concerned with what is going on in Burundi. We do not want to see a repeat of what happened in Rwanda.
Last week the secretary of state appeared before the parliamentary standing committee on foreign affairs. We spent three hours debating how we could help people in Burundi so as not to repeat the atrocities of Rwanda.
The Secretary of State for Latin America and Africa was in Burundi from February 15 to February 17 at a conference.
Strategy was discussed with the neighbouring countries. These were then forwarded to the security council.