Mr. Speaker, I thank the minister for her remarks.
I admit that some questions do arise, and I will quickly ask her three.
Would the minister be so be so kind as to share some assessment criteria with this House?
We know that there are NGOs in Afghanistan. We also know that they have access to some $100 million in funds. The problem is the criteria by which to determine that the operation has been successful. Is there a formal assessment, prepared by the minister’s department? If so, could she undertake to present those assessment criteria in this House so that we can share them with our fellow citizens? One would imagine that they have been set out in writing.
Second, does she not feel it is a little premature to ask this House to vote on this matter. I will reword my question: why this urgency, which one might suspect conceals some cleverly partisan motivations that would mean that this House must now commit itself for two more years, when we have very little information about the criteria that we should be guided by in continuing this action?
Once again, let us proudly say: the House is not divided between those who believe in international solidarity and those who do not. Everyone believes in this.
In other words, can the minister present some assessment criteria and does she agree that asking us to vote for two more years has an unfortunate air of haste?