Thank you, Mr. Chair. I am going to share my time with my other two colleagues.
It is hard to train non-commissioned officers and superior officers because of problems with illiteracy, among other things. What takes 10 years in Canada should take the same amount of time in Afghanistan. In addition, our soldiers are educated.
You mentioned that it was possible for the Taliban to infiltrate the Afghan army, but you said that there were biometrics and such.
How can we be sure that the mentoring will work? Elections will be held, and our soldiers will be leaving the ground since they are there to provide support. It is not a protectorate. What are your evaluation criteria for levels 1, 2, 3 and 4?
Readiness is truly the issue. It's their country, and that's our legacy.
What's the true status? We talk a lot about the security issue, about the Taliban being all over the place, and the Afghan army not being the same as the Canadian army, for example. Let's have a portrait. Not everybody watching right now—because we're televised, folks—perceives the same thing we do, for example.