Those are very good questions. With respect to the border situation, I was in Spin Boldak about two years ago. I would say that there was no organization at that time. Crowds of people were gathered on both sides of the border. When I saw them, I thought how impossible it was to tell who was Pakistani, who was Afghan and who was Taliban. It was shocking.
Now, two years later, there is better organization at the border. Canada has begun implementing the Dubai process. We set up meetings with Pakistan and Afghanistan in Dubai solely to focus on the border situation. A task force was created, and it will hold regular meetings to assess what impact its efforts are having and to determine whether the border will ultimately be more secure as a result. With the arrival of the American soldiers, there are more troops along the border, near Spin Boldak and in Baluchistan province. So things are safer now.
As for Ms. Lalonde's question, we have to remember what things were like in 2001. Has there been progress? Yes. Is there still a lot of work to do? Yes. The situation is still not very safe.