Thank you very much.Thank you for that warm welcome.Good day, everyone.Greetings to all of mycolleagues.Thank you, Minister Glover,Shelly, for your kind introduction.Greetings to everyone, toMinister Candice Bergen, Joy Smith, Bob Sopuck, James Bezan, Joyce Bateman, RodBruinooge, Lawrence Toet, all

Thank you very much.Good afternoon.It’s wonderful to have so many of you here, in particular to see all of the kids who have been able to join us today.Thank you all for being here.Thank you first of all to my introducer.Joe is not just a great member of our team but you should know that he really t

Thank you, Shelly, for that kind introduction.Thank you to Suzanne Sarault for serving as our emcee today.Greetings to Chief of Defence Staff General Lawson, to Chief Warrant Officer West, to ambassadors and members of the diplomatic corps, to my colleagues from the Parliament of Canada, Royal Galip

Mr. Speaker, in recent months, the international community has reacted, with virtually unanimous outrage and alarm at the rise of ISIL, the so-called ‘Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.’ISIL has established a self-proclaimed Caliphate, at present stretching over a vast territory roughly from Alep