Mr. Chair, I guess I would say that I don't think we should ever underestimate the amount of intelligence gathering that others do on Canada and the knowledge that we have. Each and every day, our men and women leave their forward operating bases and go into combat, and we are doing our very best, using the very best technologies, the very best intelligence, but also the instincts of our men and women so that they can achieve the Government of Canada's missions and goals in Afghanistan, do those tasks successfully, and come home safety.
On the issue of protection, I do want to applaud the tremendous work that the defence team and the rest of the government has put into providing the very best equipment that we could ever have. It's tremendous. I would just say from my perspective that we should not underestimate the intelligence gathering that happens, whether it be over the Internet or whether it be through the media, on what we do.
I don't think Canada has been in this situation of facing combat every day since the Korean War. It's very difficult to sit here in the beautiful city of Ottawa and think about what our men and women are feeling when they're in harm's way in combat. The fact is that intelligence is what ensures that we are successful and what saves our lives.