Mr. Speaker, that is not correct. As soon as the Arab Spring started in Tunisia, the government acted very strongly, freezing assets and with sanctions and in supporting the democracy movement over there. When it happened in Egypt, we were there.
However, Canada does not act unilaterally. Canada acts with its allies and partners to ensure there is an effective use of taxpayer money.
Henceforth, in all the areas that the member has talked about, where he just wants Canada to take a unilateral action, the answer is no. We work with our partners, our NATO partners and our like-minded country partners, the Arab League, the African Union, collectively, to ensure we support the principles I have outlined.
We will continue to do that and we will continue to do that in Libya as well. First, we need to have the security, as we are doing in Afghanistan.