Yes, although I would point out that at the end of that exercise, when we're sending our men and women to Afghanistan and they're going over in green combat fatigues and not desert fatigues, and when we're having to hitch rides from our allies, there's a significant impact on the capability and readiness of the Canadian Armed Forces as a result of the spending cuts. Again, Australia is interesting, but it's tangential to the point that the defence department took the brunt of the spending reductions under the government of the day.
Look, I agree with the broad strokes of their moving to balance the budget, but I find the argument you're making that.... You're right, in that it is based on what we need in capabilities, but I would say that the government left the forces in a position where effectively they weren't able to fulfill their mission or they went in unprepared. That's been altogether different under this government, where, if we send our men and women in uniform overseas, we give them the tools, the resources, and the capabilities to fulfill their mission.