What Canada knew about it is a very difficult question to answer, but I'm sure there were embassies where they knew that things were going to be very different and difficult in Afghanistan. We could also understand that there were reports coming in that things could be very difficult in Afghanistan, because the Taliban were making advances in different provinces outside of Kabul.
Still, there was hope that at least Kabul would stand and resist for some time. However, all of a sudden we saw that Kabul fell, and honestly no one was really prepared. I think the Government of Canada would be no different on that.
At the same time, when we're talking about how things are really getting tighter on people who assisted the Canadian mission in Afghanistan, I think that was the right time to kind of.... When they saw that, in July, I think it was not late.
At the same time, we could have continued. We can still do much better than what is going on right now to really help those people, to get them out and to make sure they're not in danger. Unfortunately, I do not see that. Of course, the Government of Canada is doing...but it's not really enough.