I'm quite sure that they are disconnected, but I would say they have been disconnected for a long time. There were a lot of reasons for that.
One is the failure to think strategically and to take foreign policy seriously within the public service and government. We do that because we've had the advantage of having the United States as our neighbour. It takes care of the main things that you have a foreign policy for, which are prosperity, defence and security. We've never thought seriously enough about foreign policy as a tool for advancing our interests.
Secondly, I think there has been a failure—this is my personal view and observation—of civilian leadership over the Canadian Forces, so we've lost that partnership that used to exist 25 to 30 years ago.
There is a failure today, but I think it is a long-standing failure. It contributes to what I would call an inadequate foreign policy for Canada.