Mr. Chair, I would like to take advantage of the fact that my colleague has the floor to ask her to talk some more about Rights and Democracy.
For 20-odd years, Mali was an example of democracy for neighbouring African countries. This government's band-aid solution of simply throwing money at the situation is not really a long-term solution, and it clearly demonstrates the government's unwillingness to take long-term action in a region that is so crippled by humanitarian crises.
How can Canada play the role that it has always played—or, rather, that it played until the Conservatives came to power—and bring democracy back to Mali so it can once again become an example for so many African countries?