Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Good morning, Ambassador.
You stated that Afghanistan's problems are immense in all areas. In Canada, as you are probably aware, a good portion of the population, without wanting to minimize the need to go into war zones because there is a situation that demands it, would like to see Canada involved in other areas, namely peacemaking efforts which are closer, culturally, to what we are used to doing. That is more or less what Canadians are saying.
With regard to the present mission that is to be wound down in 2009, do you have an idea of areas in which Canadian aid might be useful?