Foreign Affairs committee  I think I answered, Mr. Chair, when I responded before. I signed the agreement, of course, more because I was there at the time. If I had not been there, the ambassador to Afghanistan would have signed the agreement on behalf of the country. So it was signed as an agreement of th

Foreign Affairs committee  I was going to say that we in uniform defend democracy; we don't practise it, normally. This is a rare case, obviously, where it is being practised.

Foreign Affairs committee  No, sir.

Foreign Affairs committee  In fact, sir, the agreement was signed in December 2005. I was in Afghanistan on a visit. Given the long time that we've worked together, I was requested by Minister Wardak, who was signing on behalf of the Afghanistan government, to sign on behalf of the Government of Canada. Th

Official Languages committee  Minister, thank you very much. Madam, we have spent huge amounts of money, effort, and time to meet both the spirit and intent of the law with respect to dual linguistic capabilities for the Canadian Forces. We want to reflect our nation. What we have not done well in the past

National Defence committee  Actually, sir, I've avoided even thinking about whether I support it or not. I have two hats here. One is as a CDS, and I'm a greedy CDS and I want my soldiers, sailors, airmen and airwomen to have the equipment as soon as possible. Second, as a Canadian, obviously I'd like to

National Defence committee  It's already started, sir. We also benefit from the fact that throughout the years we've had crew members on exchange in the United States Air Force, which is part of our normal program with allies that we do that with. Therefore, we have pilots who are qualified on the C-17, so

National Defence committee  Yes, it was under the Liberals.

National Defence committee  We identify the military requirements to be able to do the kinds of missions that we get from the Government of Canada, sir. Then we walk those to the minister and have that discussion to see if we can convince him of our line of logic that this is indeed square peg, square hole.

National Defence committee  Which specific part do you mean, sir?

National Defence committee  It's been going on for a substantial period of time, during which we have laid out what the requirement is and what we need to do. Before I became CDS, it was partially walked through. After I became CDS, we did much more of the work on it and completed it, once MInister O'Connor

National Defence committee  No, I don't, sir, but I don't recall many things these days.

National Defence committee  It's a sure sign of my increasing age, sir. I apologize.

National Defence committee  Thank you.

National Defence committee  In fact, yes.