Mr. Speaker, before the session was prorogued, the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development had made plans to send a delegation to Kabul, not Kandahar, since that would have meant being confined within the military perimeter. We wanted to go to Kabul to meet foreign diplomats and anyone capable of providing us information on what needs to be done—we have some idea, but we would like to know more specifically—to truly help Afghanistan recover and take charge.
That is why I found it regrettable, no doubt about that, when the Prime Minister announced the establishment of a committee totally unfamiliar with the work parliamentarians had undertaken. At the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development, we had already heard numerous testimonies on Afghanistan and, thus, were about to travel to Kabul to complete our study.
My suggestion is that we continue our work, so that we can report to the House, with the cooperation of the other parties, and provide an even better answer to my hon. colleague.