Mr. Speaker, we just got a preview of what the government's response is going to be later this month when it fails to do anything material for the Yazidi people, in spite of the lip service it has paid this. The talking points are, “We can't work fast enough” and “This isn't easy”. When the government said during the campaign that bringing in 25,000 Syrian refugees was just a matter of political will, it was just a matter of political will. Of course it is not easy, but it is the right thing to do.
I asked the member a very simple question. I know he is new in the role, but the talking points he just gave should give him pause for thought and some shame.
It is not easy, but there are people on the ground who know what they are doing. There are NGOs that are well positioned. Why is the government not working with these people? I met with dozens of them today and they all said that they had had no calls from the government. Who is the government working with? Is it just working through a woefully inadequate UN? How many Yazidis will the government be bringing to Canada?