I have a short one, and it picks up on Monsieur Bouchard's comment.
That certainly was my observation as well about coming home; the time lag is a week, and it really hits you both ways. You have to deal with that coming back again. But I certainly support it for those who are able to do it.
I appreciate the advice you're giving, Major West, to your clients, encouraging them to try to find a way to meet in a third country. That might be a bonus for the spouse as well. They might both come out a winner in that regard, because the spouse absorbs that travel time.
I also appreciate the remarks that were made earlier about learning. I appreciate, in the time that I've been on this committee and working with our military family here, that the military is a learning organization, or organism, if you will. You're learning from experiences. Unfortunately, when you're talking about notifying family members, difficult assignments like that, you're learning through those difficult experiences, starting with the west and the east, coming forward as rotations move.
Our military is taking on a task that we haven't asked them to do for some time in this capacity. It's great to see the way learning is taking place. We just want to make sure that we use all of the best tools available and make sure we maximize the learning experience. Maybe Canada could lead the world in some regard. And I appreciate that we're exchanging data and experiences with those various other countries.
At any rate, I just want to say that I appreciate the way in which that sharing is going on, the multi-modal component that you described earlier, and that we are doing our best to meet the needs of the soldiers. I thank you in that regard.