Mr. Chair, a regime change in Iran may be sought by many, but it would not necessarily lead to peace and prosperity for the people of Iran if it were to come through an armed conflict.
I recall, as the member will as well because he was with that government working with John Baird, when on June 14, 2011, I was the only member of Parliament to vote against Canada bombing Libya. I asked John Baird at the time about the people who we recognized as a legitimate government of Libya, which included people from al Qaeda. He famously said that, although we may not know the people we were supporting, we could be assured of one thing, which was that they could not be as bad as Gadhafi.
The reality now is that we have a failed state in Libya. It exported a lot of arms to conflicts and terrorism around the world. Can we reflect on how we can bring about a regime change so that there is peace and stability?