Thank you, Minister.
Mr. Chair, we have to remember that a quick-reaction force is only employed when the situation is very bad. It has to be prepared to fight. Before we put a 200-person quick-reaction force anywhere, we need to make sure that the enablers are in place that go around that—the casualty evacuation, the intelligence, the fire support and the line of communication logistics required to ensure that element is set up for success.
I've been on a UN peacekeeping mission where that was not in place and where we ended up being over-matched by one of the sides. We had some pretty intense combat because we were put into a situation where we did not have those enablers. We have to make sure that, wherever we send Canadian troops, we give them the tools that are necessary.