Mr. Chair, I will leave the second portion of the question for question period.
You raise a good point in terms of the importance of having the Minister of Foreign Affairs as part of this. I think it's absolutely prudent to do this. This is to make sure that when it comes to threats and any type of potential actions that we as the government can take, it's not just about one minister making that call. We need to make sure that we have a prudent look at the threats from different perspectives, especially that of the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Yes, we do have have a very good, seamless relationship, but we want to make sure that at the same time that our relationship is extremely good.... We don't know about how the relationships. We can't rely on that. Canadians want to make sure that there is a good process in place, and that when governments make decisions of this nature, they have the right oversight and have been looked at properly when we take actions abroad.