We all recognize that and we recognize it's not an easy thing to address. When you talk so much about peacekeeping, the reality is that it's not only about the numbers, it's about the fact of what has been done in the last two and a half years. It's not as you said and as your government expected so much in the rhetoric three years ago.
The minister has just been talking about Mali. That affects us directly in Quebec, particularly in my constituency. Unlike my colleague from Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier, I do not have the privilege of representing CFB Valcartier, but it is literally right next to my constituency.
As the minister knows, as all Canadians know, 430 Squadron from Valcartier will be deployed to Mali in the coming months. The squadron from Edmonton will go first, and then the one from Valcartier. These are people I know. I met some of them last weekend.
Mr. Minister, can you tell us whether they will be deployed to act as peacekeepers or to mount attacks against terrorists?