Could you please elaborate for me, gentlemen? The Canadian psyche right now is having a tough time coping with some of the casualties and so on because of the way it's been portrayed. I hear a lot from people that Canadians' role internationally is that of peacekeeping--we're peacekeepers. When you go back in our history we know that's not true, because we've been involved in various military conflicts. Can you just elaborate for us and for this committee: was peacekeeping the original reason Canadian troops were dispatched to Afghanistan in 2002?
On September 25th, 2006. See this statement in context.