I'll try to answer that complex question as simply as possible. Yes, we had a debate in May for the extension of the commitment to Afghanistan, and during that debate you had a chance to ask questions and try to determine those questions from your point of view. But let me remind you that May is only three months beyond the commitment made by the Liberals. The Liberals moved that battle group and that PRT into the Kandahar region effective in February. What did the Liberals know? What did your government, of which you were a member, know about the Taliban and all those other issues you brought up to me?
In those three months, nothing essentially had changed from what your government knew and our government knew. So no, I don't think we're committing a fraud upon anybody.
Let me try to answer your other question, because you've asked multiple questions there. You can have before this committee any official of our department, and any other department, I assume, that has an interest in defence. All you have to do is ask for an official to come forward. So you will never be short of information. I, the CDS, the deputy minister, and any of the members of our department are on call to come and testify to this committee, so there is no hiding of anything. All the information you need that will be provided by officials of this department.