Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I want to acknowledge at the beginning this is a very difficult motion for some people out there. I feel very strongly in support of the current motion as now amended, and I too wish to lend my supports and the voice -- my voice to hopefully carry to a new phase.

Mr. Speaker, I deeply believe that one day, I wish it would be sooner than later, that we had a fully safe Palestine recognized by the world all around so the people can deserve and -- who have well long waited and earned their right to live happy, safe, and free.

Mr. Speaker, the conflict itself, I'm no expert in that particular thing but I can tell you this, it's got to be terrible. Whether it be recent attacks are not for me to explain but I can tell you as somebody who has watched and followed a little bit, it's difficult to imagine people living through that experience and calling this, you know, balanced, measured, and whatnot. It's just horrific after horrific that people are suffering under these types of things. I wish and I suspect my -- you know, people on all sides, really if you get to the core of it, you know, you ask important questions such as, you know, what is our hope? Well, we hope all people can prosper under their dreams. They're hoping their families can have prosperous futures. You want people to be able to pursue their religion and individual beliefs in a way that they can be healthy and happy. And, you know, under the current circumstances, I just can't imagine how difficult it is to live there and hence I do feel deeply sorry for the folks there, the many families. And I acknowledge the people in the gallery today. Some are friends up there. Some I know, and some I don't know, but I appreciate the enthusiasm and the stance that everyone up in the gallery has taken to ensure that this message can come through. I mean, ultimately people deserve a life, you know, and a sense of living in some type of consistent harmony, and certainly this situation is not speaking to that. I join my Member in Range Lake in the context of condemning all of these attacks and all of this violence and this -- you know, again whether it's anti-Palestinian, whether it's anti-Israeli, whether it's anti-Muslim, this is all terrible, terrible stuff, Mr. Speaker.

I won't speak much further on this particular thing, but what I will reemphasize is I too dream of a day that, you know, we look behind ourselves and ask us what took so long, what were the hurdles to finally settle a two-state solution where we can talk about joint futures and joint prosperities in the region that everyone can work somewhat in cohesive manner and share in the excitement and prosperity among all nations.

So, Mr. Speaker, again, I'll be voting in favour of the amended motion, and I thank the mover and seconder for their assistance in allowing me to carry some of my concerns for it. Thank you very much.