English transcript

But I want to be very clear on this. This is

a point I've made in my speech in the House,

I'll make it again. Canada was not consulted

before the prosecution of this particular war.

Canada is not involved in the prosecution of

this war, and Canada has no intention of being

involved in the prosecution of this war. So

there has been no formal ask of Canada with

respect to playing a deliberate defensive, forgive

me, offensive role in the prosecution of this

war. So that's where we stand today. And Canada

is monitoring the situation. Our first and foremost

priorities were twofold. One, get Canadian citizens

out of harm's way if they wanted to get out

of the region. And we are working on that hour

by hour, 24 hours a day with teams here and

teams in the Middle East. And two, making sure

that any members of the Canadian Armed Forces,

any personnel who are in the region, were out

of harm's way and were safe and sound. And that

is the situation.