Thank you so much, Mr. Chair.
I want to say what an honour it is to have both of you here today. You have given a colossal amount of information and a lot of recommendations, and not all of them are going to be implemented overnight.
I'd love to, as I'm asking questions, focus a little on what next level of changes we can push, both domestically and also within the UN.
I respectfully disagree with my colleague across the way. I think that most Canadians now actually believe we've moved past the peacekeeping of the past, and that Canada is actually part of a collective. We've moved into chapter VII. No one will say chapter VII, but I think we know there is more danger to our missions right now. No one believes that Canada's going to run into a country and then create stable peace overnight, but we're part of a collective of countries, under the direction of the UN, trying to create the conditions for peace.
My first question is to you, Mr. Dallaire. I'm assuming you were part of the group that recommended Mali to Canada. How is it that this mission meets the new conceptual framework of peacekeeping that you talked about?