Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
As we're all aware, a similar motion has been proposed at the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs. This is similar to that one. I'll ask the committee and members to comment and provide their views, because I don't want us to be duplicating work.
I'm only going to suggest that the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs should look at Afghanistan or the issue of South Asia from a different perspective. The committee on national defence looks at it from a different perspective. I would ask for comments from colleagues around the table on how they see it.
I tend to think there would be a distinct and very different presentation. I certainly would not want the member to go into any details that would hinder or jeopardize the confidentiality of his mission. Let me put that on the record. I would only ask, should it be approved, that he engage with us only as much as he can or is permitted to do.
I think it has a different flavour, a different perspective. Asking him to come to our committee to give us an overview, his opinion, and his comments I think will go a long way in helping us to summarize our report and at the same time communicate with our constituents, who are asking us to keep them informed on an ongoing basis, Mr. Chairman, as you know in your riding as well, aside from what they hear and see on television.