The term “Afghan task force”, Mr. Chair, doesn't always fit exactly. There is one within the Privy Council Office; there is one within the Department of National Defence; we have a representative here this afternoon from CIDA, and she is responsible for an Afghanistan and a Pakistan task force, a bit of a different model. We have colleagues who work in the Department of Public Safety. They don't necessarily follow a task force model, but they're playing a very important part in the overall Afghanistan effort. Then, colleagues within the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces don't necessarily call themselves a task force or follow a task force mode, but they are of course critical elements within the overall Afghanistan effort for Canada.
So I would say that there isn't necessarily a one-size-fits-all model, but you have efforts from across a multitude of departments and agencies and the Canadian Forces that are part of this whole-of-government “one mission, one team” working in Afghanistan and also working here in Ottawa.
