I'll put my final question to our last two presenters.
Both in Admiral Garnett's presentation and in yours, Professor Bercuson, I detected a bit of tension between the idea of planning and having the capacity to participate in missions, and the ability to lead and plan in pursuit of our national interests. We all agree that coalitions are the rule now. But we have seen in Libya and elsewhere, and even at certain stages of the Afghan mission and in the ill-fated mission to the Congo and so forth, that Canadians are planning and acting before other members of the coalition are prepared to act, at least on that scale.
Give us your comments on this. How important is it for us to have this higher level capacity to plan, to have intelligence from other parts of the world, and to have a global vision now that the U.S. role is potentially diminishing and our economic role is growing? Are there implications for readiness, as Canadians, in terms of the imperative to train in joint and combined contexts, as well as at unit level within your environment?
I'd just like some general comments on that point.