Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
All the speakers thus far have made valid points.
The best way to gather intelligence, as Mr. McGuire has said, is to gather it firsthand. Perhaps the best sequence of events would be to petition the Chief of the Defence Staff and the minister, and ask them if we could actually go to Kandahar when Parliament is not in session during the summer, to see firsthand what is going on and to speak to the soldiers one on one. After we've had a chance to experience this and find out for ourselves, we would be better armed to ask these questions.