Admiral Murray, I have a question for you.
You mentioned the core missions of the Canadian Forces, as described in Canada First. One of them, of course—I believe number 5—is to lead and/or conduct a major international operation for an extended period. That can, of course, be leading in a coalition, as we almost always do, but it can also be leading alone when others are unwilling to act.
When you were Acting Chief of the Defence Staff in late 2006-07, we had one of the few cases when Canada acted alone in the Great Lakes region to deploy, in the end, just over 300 troops, out of 1,500 offered, in a situation were refugees were prevented from moving, and so forth.
Based on your experience then, and everything you've seen until now as deputy minister and in your many roles in government, do you think we are more ready, less ready, or as ready as we were in 1996 to lead and/or conduct a major international operation for an extended period?