Mr. Speaker, of course any civilized person is horrified at the human rights abuses that take place within Afghanistan by insurgents and by others.
I have consistently said that Canada has a role to play. We want it to be an effective role to bring peace and security to Afghanistan.
In terms of peace negotiations and discussions, President Karzai himself said that was the way to bring peace to his country. There must be dialogue and discussion and it must include all of the affected parties.
Winston Churchill himself said, “Jaw-jaw is better than war-war”.