Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Welcome to our distinguished guests. Welcome to the panel. I watch you all the time on television. It's nice to see you in person. Paul we encountered in the Chrétien government, and we always appreciate his input.
I have two points. One is that I agree that military will not win us this battle. I think we need to have a peace process, both at the grassroots level and at the higher level within Afghanistan, between all the different factions.
Is there such a process being initiated? If there isn't, would an eminent person appointed by the UN be helpful in coordinating that kind of process? That's my first question.
Second, I always believe we should have rotation. We're doing a lot of heavy lifting in the Kandahar region on the military side. And even though, yes, we chose Kandahar at the beginning, I don't think we should be stuck with that responsibility all the time. To be fair to our soldiers who are put on the line, I believe there should be some rotation, some integration of other countries' operations, so that we can rotate out for a couple of years and then maybe go back there again.
I want to seek your input on that. Would you agree with me that this is just being fair?