Thank you, Chair.
I'm interested in Canada post-2011, so I don't really want to talk about Afghanistan right now.
You told us about how Canada was effective in Croatia, despite the inadequate mandate. You told us how the reputation of the Canadian military was very positive in this conflict situation and more respected than the local police. So Canada has some international reputation.
What I am intrigued by is the fact that Canada hasn't really participated in UN missions at all in latter years. There have now been, by some measures, 15 or 18 military operations, involving, from what I've seen here, some 84,000 troops. Canada contributes 5,500 of those and contributes about $5 million a year. In other words, we're not really participating in UN missions at all.
Given the fact that Resolution 1265 was passed by the Security Council in 1999, talking about the responsibility to protect civilians, and this work on the New Horizons project, first of all, do you know whether Canada is engaged in this New Horizons concept of trying to rebuild a peacekeeping mission and further develop the protection of civilians mandate that you say is part of all their mandates now? Is this something Canada should be considering getting more involved in after 2011, or should we continue getting involved in American projects or NATO projects outside the UN altogether--in other words, continuing down the road we're going? Or is there a sufficient or do you think there could be a sufficient enough change in the UN approach to peacekeeping to engage Canadians where Canada's effectiveness and reputation can be of significant value?