National Defence committee  I would say that Canada was out front on the whole-of-government approach in many respects, but we're not the only ones pursuing it. Increasingly, more and more of our allies are adopting a similar approach, in part because we're all building on similar experiences. I would say

National Defence committee  That's a great question. There are a couple of core things for me, based on my takeaways from my experience. First, whole of government is the new normal. It has to be the way we approach these kinds of international engagements. You can no longer have these siloed approaches, w

National Defence committee  There's a complex set of processes that are undertaken to determine our priorities in terms of which tools we pull out of the Canadian tool kit to allocate to which international crisis that requires the Canadian engagement. In terms of police, we determine our police deployments

National Defence committee  The only thing I would add is that our contributions to the UN are multi-faceted. They're financial and operational, but they're also policy- and innovation-related. We continue to make important and significant contributions, whether they're in relation to peacekeeping or mediat

National Defence committee  You want to know what my personal plans are?

National Defence committee  At this juncture, I do not foresee any major changes in the directorate's strategy. We are responsible for a number of peacekeeping operations. We are involved in a number of polices issues and in planning peacekeeping programs.

National Defence committee  We're involved in missions in the Sudan, Haiti and Colombia, to name but a few...

National Defence committee  I said that our mission to Afghanistan is very important, but that it's not the only country in which we are working.

National Defence committee  I'm sorry. We are working to strengthen police capabilities in Afghanistan, the correctional system and the legal system, among other things.

National Defence committee  That is a much broader issue that we could discuss further. For instance, reinforcing the capacity of the police in Kandahar directly impacts on the security of women and children, likewise our efforts in enhancing the capacity of correctional officers in Sarposa Prison. There

National Defence committee  No, that's CIDA's domain.

National Defence committee  Yes, we certainly do.

National Defence committee  That is a question that you should be putting to my CIDA colleagues, not to me. Regardless, I don't think that our commitment to Africa has diminished.

National Defence committee  No, not in terms of my directorate's operations.

National Defence committee  I think the idea of our having somehow moved away is often overstated, and I think this is partly a challenge of communications. We're actively engaged in a variety of international peace and security efforts around the world. Everyone is quite aware of what we're doing in Afghan