Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise in honour of peace and the recent pullout of Israel from Lebanon.
I want to ask His Excellency, Dr. Assem Jaber, Ambassador of Lebanon to Canada, to convey our best wishes and congratulations to Lebanon. This is a momentous occasion since it brings an optimistic close to decades of frustration and confrontation.
The pullout of Israel from Lebanon provides a momentum for peace in the Middle East. Now the people of Lebanon can turn, and should turn, their attention to improving their quality of life.
Our world can no longer afford the cost of war when for the price of one bullet we can feed a child.