Madam Speaker, first of all, I want to congratulate my colleague for his election victory and his long political career. I also thank him for his military service.
The situation being what it is, we need to focus on the work ahead. It would be reasonable to have this conversation in many standing committees, including citizenship and immigration, foreign affairs, international development, veterans affairs and national defence.
Why do we need to establish a new committee? Is it purely to score political points?