Mr. Speaker, any government that depends on that member's advice on foreign affairs is in deep trouble.
The Prime Minister's own Privy Council Office has warned him confidentially that the Afghanistan mission will fail unless there is an immediate shift in development strategy. A European assessment of our aid effort in Kandahar said, “The impact of CIDA in Kandahar province is so minimal as to be non-existent”.
Will the Minister of International Cooperation tell the House how she proposes to get the aid situation in Kandahar under control and lead this mission--