Mr. Heinbecker, you recently said that Canada’s goals are not those of the US. Canada wants to rebuild, to establish a viable government, to build schools and to promote human rights. In the present context, Canada is devoting more efforts to war than to development. Canadians want Canada to dedicate more of its energy to development in order to improve people’s lives in Afghanistan. They are massively against the combat role. However, most of Canada’s efforts are devoted to combat.
Of the major recommendations of Mr. Manley’s report, what was taken into consideration is mainly the addition of 1 000 soldiers, as if this was going to solve the problem. In a context that is said to be explosive, in a war that admittedly cannot be won militarily, how can Canada rebalance its action so that it can produce proper results and be compatible with what the Canadian people want?