Hon. Claudette Tardif (Deputy Leader of the Opposition):

Honourable senators, my question is for the Leader of the Government in the Senate.

Before the Conservative government came to power, Canadian citizenship meant that all Canadians were entitled to the protection of their government while abroad. But now the government is deciding case by case whether to help Canadians in distress abroad, thereby failing in its duty to help all Canadians.

Can the Leader of the Government tell us what has changed? Why help some and not others? What are the current criteria for deciding whether to help a Canadian in distress abroad or to abandon that person to the mercy of foreign authorities?

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