Mr. Speaker, I listened with interest to the member's speech, and to the speech of the member before him.
It seems like we are getting a false choice from both the Liberals and the NDP. They say that we should not do one thing because we should be doing another.
On our side of the House, we see value in many different kinds of ways of being engaged in the region, such as humanitarian assistance; anti-radicalization, and I gave a speech on that earlier; addressing terrorist financing and maybe some other good ideas coming from the other parties on that.
Could we not also include a military response? We have an imminent threat to vulnerable populations in the region. Why, in addition to this suite of other very important activities, can we not be acting in a military way to protect the vulnerable?