Mr. Speaker, proving once again that the Liberal government is the world's worst project manager, evidence has come forward that undermines Canada's international reputation, again due to the bungled effort to remove land mines in Kosovo. Bureaucratic delays, contract squabbles, political interference and poor housing undermined Canada's effort and led to CIDA's confirmation that Canada is not living up to its commitment to remove land mines in Kosovo. Amid much fanfare, Canada was supposed to take a lead role in this humanitarian effort.
Why was our effort so ill-equipped and ill-prepared that a senior UN diplomat called it a joke and a laughingstock?