I think that's a pretty comprehensive report, so I would encourage you to look at the recommendations, pick out the ones you think are the most salient, and support them.
It all comes down to money in the end, and, in some cases, probably a redeployment of resources.
One comment made in the Senate report is that foreign affairs is top-heavy; it's too home-based and not “foreign” enough, as they put it. I certainly concur with that.
Support that. I believe that the minister and the deputy minister would like to go down that way, but I think encouragement from this committee would help.
I think we need more people. We need more foreign service and fewer bean-counters. That's ultimately what we need.
There are situations: We talk about Gaza and we talk about Ukraine. We simply don't have the capacity to meet this anymore. Our armed forces are in a similar position, but it's our foreign service in particular. Remember, the foreign service is roughly the same size as it was when I joined almost 50 years ago, yet Canada is a third bigger. If we want to play, we have to pay for these things.
Again, I underline that it's all part of a whole—