Mr. Speaker, I thank the Minister of National Defence and our Prime Minister for letting the world know that Canada is back. We are back in a major way on the foreign stage and people appreciate that we bring our own special ability to the negotiating table when these major discussions are taking place, whether it is at NATO, at the UN or at special conferences on the future of Middle East peace.
My riding borders a military base in Winnipeg and many soldiers and airmen and airwomen live in my riding. Every time I see them they always want to stop and say “thank you for respecting us, thank you for giving us the equipment to do our jobs and thank you for taking our training very seriously”.