Foreign Affairs committee  I have two quick points, Chair. The first—and you've put your finger on one of the largest issues in international politics—is that we know that prevention is better than emergencies, but to get the world to actually work on preventive diplomacy and preventive measures is one of

Foreign Affairs committee  I've worked in Ukraine, so I would agree.

Foreign Affairs committee  Climate change is one of the contributing factors to disruption and stress and one that every society will face, specifically what one will do when desertification of the land, floods, and extreme weather occur. Every country will face that. We've talked about China. China is th

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes.

Foreign Affairs committee  There are so many aspects that one can work on in democracy, and different societies need different emphases. There's not a one size fits all. I will say that among the many areas where the least useful work has been done is party management and party organizations. Parties are

Foreign Affairs committee  Right.

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes.

Foreign Affairs committee  That's your centre.

Foreign Affairs committee  Should we get to that 0.7%? Say “yes”.

Foreign Affairs committee  I did.

Foreign Affairs committee  We just had a discussion a moment ago about the good work that Global Affairs has done for many years on this file. The argument of the 2007 report, and the 2009 panel report, is that in addition to that work and that background, a new and more flexible instrument was needed, nam

Foreign Affairs committee  Leaders of many words make many statements. With regard to the statement you referred to about China, I could also produce hundreds of press releases lauding a democracy, human rights and values. One of the strengths of the history that I'm describing is in fact that it hasn't be

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes.

Foreign Affairs committee  It's this sentence right here—

Foreign Affairs committee  Mr. Harper's government responded very favourably to the 2007 report. The Speech from the Throne called for creating the kinds of institutions that the 2007 report had recommended and, indeed, created a panel to give a specific blueprint on how it could be implemented. All that