Mr. Speaker, Canada's principled foreign policy is not for sale for a Security Council seat. We are aggressively working on humanitarian aid to the most vulnerable, including Syria. We are taking real leadership when it comes to standing up against the evil that is Iran. No one is standing up more strongly against the regime in Colombo, Sri Lanka, than this Prime Minister and this government. Canadians can finally be proud of their government on foreign policy.
In the House of Commons on May 1st, 2013. See this statement in context.