Foreign Affairs committee  Rather than comment on women, I'll just say that when the Speaker of Parliament gave me the Karzai robe and shook my hand—I'm pretty sure he was a former warlord—his hand was three times as big as mine. When he shook it, I knew that I was dealing with somebody of some prominence

Foreign Affairs committee  Going back to the argument about who can be brought into the process, I argued that the national solidarity program is an effort to link the centre to the regions and the local councils to try to unify the country, while at the same time not destroying the centre. At the presen

Foreign Affairs committee  To me, we're giving this a lot of importance, but I don't think it's the central question. I want to come back to a question that was posed a long time ago, and I want to go back to my second point, which is what do you people believe is the strategic goal that Canada wants to s

Foreign Affairs committee  I'm not going to comment on the women issue. I agree with everything my colleagues have said.

Foreign Affairs committee  Very quickly, I think Paul and I do disagree about SAT. I just want to put it like this. These SAT people work for Afghan ministers. Let's assume an American diplomat was on secondment in the Department of Foreign Affairs here in Ottawa. Would we want that person to report back

Foreign Affairs committee  It is an important question that requires a lot of technical knowledge. The national solidarity program, I would think, is what you should look into if you haven't done so. There is a wonderful CD that describes all the details of it. It is, of course, controlled by the Ministry

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I'm glad to be here to discuss this topic with this important and vital committee on this interesting issue. I apologize for any small typing errors found in my presentation. When the clerk got to me last week, I was giving a presentation at Chatham Hous