Tony
Canada deployed half its admittedly small fleet. Canadian frigates are acting in a normal role for them as part of the escort screen for US CVNs.
JTF2 had been offered but it appears that they wern't needed as there was sufficient of that type of force in the presence of Delta and SAS.
Conventional PBI would not have been useful before now.
We also have had mine locating and clearing teams with their dogs on standby. They are in the Balkans at present but have been designated for Afghanistan.
Judging by most of the replies in these threads, our people are not really needed. Perhaps we should just keep them in Canada and save the money and let the Yanks guard the convoys and clear the mines.
With Christmas coming, I am sure the soldiers' spouses would rather not see this deployment.
BTW, it looks like the Canadians will be under Brit command.