Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thanks for your very interesting presentations here today.
Both we and the press continue to ask the Minister of National Defence if we are at war. Is Canada at war? I'd like to know your answer to that. Are we actually? Is Canada in a state of combat, of war, in Afghanistan?
What would happen if not just Canada left, but the international forces left as well, before this war is over, before the job is done? When we committed ourselves to the First World War or Second World War or the Korean War, I don't think we put a time limit on it; we stayed there until it was over. There were peace negotiations at the end.
I'd just like to know your opinion. Is this an actual war in the traditional sense, and what would happen if the international forces left before this particular problem was settled?