I have big hope for the Canadian government to help Somalia with something concrete and tangible. I haven't seen that.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
We need better coordination on the international side, just as they need better and more effective efforts on the Somali side. We have too many reconstruction and development assistance plans.
I think now, we in the international community are belatedly wanting to show our solidarity with the Somali peoples and also do our best to help them move to better times.
I think the biggest challenge for Somalia has been the sense that it is a hopeless case of incomprehensible internal conflicts and there is nothing we can do.
Somalia is an important story in the world, and it needed to be told.
Going into Somalia, I didn't anticipate how many people's lives would be affected by it. In hindsight, I certainly wish I had taken more time to think about that, but I can't change it.
For the security of the UK, it matters a lot for Somalia to become a more stable place.
Canadians want to see real hope restored, not false hopes raised.
Another part of the global war on terrorism that Canada and the United States are working on together is in helping failed states, states like Afghanistan, where people have no voice.
I don't have much in me left for Somalia, because the country is so broken, it's not realistic to daydream about it.
Our assistance in Somalia has been remarkably effective and successful, and we have helped with very small resources - a large group of people and we can now do even more.