Of course I understand the Afghans' motivation; we would be doing the same thing if we were in their shoes. But in our effort to help them, we must not lose sight of our own reality. How long will Canada be able to keep 2,500 soldiers there? We are getting more and more casualties. So all Canadians should be asking ourselves the question. How long can our war effort continue? In the Manley Report, you call for additional effort, you say that there should be 1,000 more people. But there is nothing that says that we should have achieved such and such a result by such and such a date. Up to now, there have not been many results. That concerns me a little.
On March 11th, 2008. See this statement in context.