Mr. Speaker, yesterday it was revealed that the new Minister of Foreign Affairs was given different instructions from her predecessor. Specifically, troop deployments will now be based solely on Canada's national interest. It makes us wonder what they were based on before.
For months we have been asking the Liberals to explain how their intention to send our troops on a UN mission in Africa serves our national interest.
Can the minister confirm that the previous peacekeeping plans are now on hold, or have the Liberals abandoned them completely?