The investigation into the Chinook helicopter has already commenced. It is a very difficult endeavour to determine what happened. We must get on the ground, and I would anticipate that in the weeks and months ahead there will certainly be a preliminary report that we will use internally, as fast as we can, to understand what happened.
I'm not an expert in these areas, but typically we try to learn as much as we can right up front. If there needs to be a change in our procedures, we'll do that immediately, even with imprecise information.
But we will follow it all the way through, and certainly at the NATO level, that will occur. This will not be a Canadian investigation, but we will have tremendous interest, because one of our soldiers was involved.
I would also like to pass along my sentiments to the families of Canadian Forces soldiers who are injured or die in theatre. They deserve our admiration. As a Canadian Forces member, I was certainly seized yesterday with the minister and the CDS and their commitment to get to the bottom of these issues for the families.
The CDS laid out that we are a learning organization; we're not perfect. I agree that we want to be perfect in this particular case.