Madam Speaker, I appreciate that we all feel comfortable that we can bring our concerns and comments to this place.
I am not sure I can address all of the range of commentary that this member has presented but what I would first start with is that the Reputation Institute did a study and has found several times that Canada has the greatest reputation in the world. That is something I think we should be proud of. I hope that all members of Parliament would put their ideology aside and say they are proud to be Canadian. We should be talking Canada up in this place not down, although I always affirm the right of members to say what they feel in this place.
That being said, I would simply point out that the CF-18s are a tool in the tool box. Some trainers outside Mosul on December 16 were attacked by several hundred ISIS fighters and were greatly relieved when our CF-18s that were on a mission struck down and allowed them to re-establish those front lines. I feel that mission had extreme value. I hope this member would agree.