It's taking a long time. From the time you made the announcement back in 2016, to the time we're going to deploy, is almost two years. We deployed an air task force into Operation Impact, but measured in weeks not years. We put out our CF-18s; six went over. We had refuelling capabilities, and two Auroras. Over 400 members of the armed forces were on the ground in Kuwait supporting Operation Impact, never mind special operations forces. That happened in weeks.
The armed forces know how to deploy. That's what they do. Why is it taking so long to move a small helicopter air task force to Mali?