Mr. Chair, why is Canada always behind when it comes to providing consular services during international crises? The Americans had been sending ships for weeks. All the other allies were already prepared. As for Canada, we are reacting, once again, as always.
I do not want to know if there is currently a contingency plan. I want to know why there was not already a contingency plan in place, just in case. That is the key question tonight. How is it that no consular officials had been sent to the region, when it was well known that something was going to happen, given that the Americans were already sending in military forces? Why did Canada not have a contingency plan before the conflict began?