Thank you, Chair.
Thank you, Mr. Perry, for your presentation.
Your assessment of the Libyan situation obviously is a subset of what we heard from General Abrial when he was here a couple of weeks ago, that NATO as a group makes a decision on a consensus basis to get active in a mission but that contributions to any mission are the choice of individual countries. That's not going to change, as far as I see it, and I guess as you see it as well.
Is there any particular reason why Canada should step up and say that regardless of what NATO does we're going to be in the top rank on a military basis, or is there potentially another role for Canada internationally? I'm not saying we wouldn't participate, but instead of putting all our efforts on the military side have you considered other alternatives that Canada might play as an alternative, whether it be in NATO or through the United Nations, to contribute to international peace and security?