Mr. Chair, I ask the hon. member for Halifax not to read anything more into my comments than what was actually said. I never suggested that anyone from the NDP said that. I was questioning the NDP's motives in asking us to cut and run from Afghanistan, then turning around and sending our troops into another conflict.
Unless I was sadly mistaken, I heard it from the Liberals and I think many of my colleagues heard the same comment and we were all very shocked by it. In fact, it incited some enthusiasm. The hon. Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, who stood up and vocally struck back quite loudly against that suggestion.