Mr. Speaker, we do not oppose an expansion of the training mission or development aid in the region.
What we do oppose is cutting and running on the CF-18 side of the mission. We believe that we are best served, and that our allies are best served, by leaving our CF-18s in the fight, by providing the assistance that our brave men and women in the Canadian Forces and those on the ground require.
That is why our former Conservative government undertook that mission. That is what we would like to see continued.