Madam Chair, as fate would have it, I actually was in Afghanistan with our forces just a few months ago and I saw the equipment at work. Our forces are very happy with their equipment. They are not under-equipped. They are not short of anything, save perhaps one element. Everything they need on the ground is there and is working wonderfully. I suppose there has never been a time in human history when an army was totally satisfied with everything from their socks to their guns to their tanks to their support.
From personal experience I am suggesting to the hon. member that our forces are very happy with what they have and all the equipment they are using in Afghanistan. That is not to say they are ready to go to other countries and do other work, but on the Afghanistan mission they are more than well equipped. They are perhaps some of the best equipped and trained soldiers there.