Mr. Chair, the first thing I would remind the member of is that there is a difference between offensive and defensive activities. Right now, I have made it very clear that the government is not going to be pursuing offensive activities. This is not something we are contemplating. It is not something we have been requested to do. We have not been approached by the prosecutors of this war, Israel or the United States, and we have no intention of following up on that front.
We are going to focus on de-escalation efforts. It is not helpful in my mind right now to gin up the volume around this conflict on any side of the House. Canadians are worried enough right now. We have enough family members and enough Canadians in the region. What we should be doing is letting cooler heads prevail, and I think we should be assisting neighbouring states, if it is requested, with civil matters, water systems, desalination plants, electricity and other challenges that countries in this region are facing.
It is not a simple matter, and the member knows this. We are not talking about the prosecution of war in this country today. We are talking about trying to get things to de-escalate so we can find a successful outcome.