I wish to thank our two witnesses for being here this morning.
Ms. Golberg, I was surprised to see so much flexibility. Previously, there was a little less flexibility. I would like you to explain to us how your decision-making process works. You fall under the civil authority represented by the Canadian government, and the people you are dealing with in the field often come under the Afghan government. You are telling us that your decisions and those of General Laroche or General Thompson reinforce each other mutually.
Are you free to make your own decisions? Does the federal government provide you with a course of action and does it ask you to change your philosophy, or is it the reverse, in other words you take action in the field and then advise the government, that tells you to continue along the path you have chosen?