David McGuinty: “Canada can’t afford to stand still and must be ready to defend its sovereignty and its allies.”

The question of what is part and parcel of that negotiation continues. And I am hopeful we will come to a successful outcome in due course.

We’re on standby. Our personnel’s on standby. Equipment’s on standby. But we are helping under other authorities now to airlift people out, to move people out.

I was in the U.K. two weeks ago signing onto (GCAP) as an observer country. We think that that’s smart hockey.

I think all the Members of Parliament and all Canadians are asking questions about how this and this come to be and why this is happening and how much it is happening. It is obviously a difficult moment for Canadians.