Mr. Speaker, I was listening to the member for Yukon and his support for the motion in front of us. I would like him to comment on the position of the Bloc and the New Democratic Party. Sometimes it is useful to look at the opposite position, to try to substantiate and support our own position on this motion.
The NDP and the Bloc are both calling for the immediate and unilateral withdrawal of all of our military from Afghanistan. It follows from that position that one of two things will happen.
We either withdraw all of our military from Afghanistan immediately, along with all of our diplomats and our development aid workers, and return to this policy of isolationism that many nation states in the 19th century held, which I posit is a false security and a false sense of security, or the NDP and the Bloc are calling for the unilateral and immediate withdrawal of all of our military from Afghanistan, but would allow our diplomats and our development aid workers to remain in Afghanistan.
In my view, that would naively lead to the complete slaughter of many innocent people, both Afghan and Canadian, in that theatre.
Could the member for Yukon comment on the position that some of the parties have in this House with respect to this motion, namely the position that we should unilaterally and immediately withdraw all of our military from the Afghanistan theatre?