I think the ability to plan and lead expeditionary or international operations ups the game, but it's not just the military. There is almost the whole of government in these kinds of operations. U.S. seagoing battle-group admirals have ambassadors on their staff. So there's a bigger picture here beyond the military component.
We did some trials on what General Hillier called his “big honking ship”. To put together the three services and not only conduct, but lead a Canadian operation from the sea, as I'm reading this committee's hearings and others, I believe that some thinking is going back into that.
So it ups your game. It's costly. It's a higher level of training, but it gives Canada the capability to play at the highest possible levels. I would endorse that as something Canada would like to do.