Mr. Chair, tonight we have heard a lot of words articulated in this debate but what assaults people's sensibilities is the member for Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca who defies logic. In this House tonight he called for an invasion of a United Nations country. It is here in the blues where he says “If the member wants to call it an invasion, it is an invasion”.
Those were his words.
My question for the hon. member is why the hon. member for Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca, when he was a parliamentary secretary in the previous government, never uttered a word? He sat there stone-faced. Where was his emotions then? Why is he now twisting the debate and saying that no one is interested in Darfur when we have logically laid out the government's plans, which were articulated by Minister of Foreign Affairs and by the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Cooperation?
I remember sitting in the House and watching the hon. member for Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca who was absolutely stunned. He had no words. At that time Darfur did not even exist for him. Today he calls for an invasion. What hypocrisy. I would appreciate some comments from the member.