Mr. Speaker, there is no doubt that Canada's reputation abroad has expanded dramatically over the last number of years since we joined the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan. People now take us seriously when we talk about matters that are important to them.
I look at what happened in Lebanon and how our Minister of Foreign Affairs was invited to be part of the peace process to talk about how to bring about some resolution there. I think 10 years ago that would not have happened but people now see us as being a leader on international affairs.
Our Prime Minister moved very quickly in the condemnation of the different terrorist groups that are out there, like Hamas, Hezbollah, the Taliban and al-Qaeda. Countries are serious about downplaying and getting rid of all this terrorist activism around the world and bringing about real peace and security. They are turning to Canada for our ideas and for what we can do to not only bring aid and development to those countries, but to help them with the peace resolution process.