Mr. Speaker, the foreign affairs minister takes great pride in Canada's role in creating the international criminal court. He talks about how important multilateral institutions are but he is remarkably reluctant to press the United States to live up to its international obligations to support the international criminal court.
When it comes to supporting internationalism, the government is two-faced. When 44 member nations of the UN human rights commission recently voted to send a fact finding mission to the Middle East, Canada joined with Guatemala to be one of only two countries opposing this crucial initiative.
Does the government consider that pathetic display as leadership on--