Mr. Speaker, I appreciated the comments from the member for British Columbia Southern Interior. It is always refreshing to have a member enter the debate from the perspective of what is the best way forward, given ISIL, which is a real and serious threat to security around the world; rather than the debate being just about whether “they agree with us, and if they do not then they are doing nothing”.
Something that the Liberals think we could really contribute to this situation is enabling Kurdish forces to protect their own communities and people. The member quoted the general talking about it being key to help the Kurdish forces. That is what the Canadian trainers have been doing. We are calling on the government to increase the training force, because only 650 people have been trained and they need more help.
I just wonder why the NDP is not supporting the idea of more trainers behind the wire to enable the Kurdish forces to defend their peoples.