I'm on record as saying that the force should have been doubled two years ago. In southern Afghanistan we needed 10,000 more, with 3,000 to 4,000 of those in Kandahar.
But perhaps I can address the CIDA issue. I have maybe a different opinion on that.
I think CIDA gets unnecessarily beaten up. They're very much long term, and they move the money through other institutions, that sort of thing. If we build these projects--as we did, as many of you who were there will know--and we have a Canadian flag on them, they're destroyed. Of 200 projects where we came in the back door and provided the project management, empowered the local people, and gave them the money, only one has been destroyed.
I know that the signature project with the Canadian flag is a popular idea. I just don't think it would last very long.