Public Accounts committee  Mr. Chairman, there are approximately 1,130 cadet corps across Canada, just about in every area, even in the north. It is a youth program that is specifically identified and run by the Department of National Defence as a corporate structure, with corporate funding. It is a youth program.

Public Accounts committee  Mr. Chairman, that is correct. It's actually too early to find out what the issue is with respect to Afghanistan and how it relates to applicants. Suffice it to say that we are at higher numbers at this time of the year than we were last time. Time will tell. We are tracking that and trying to make a correlation.

Public Accounts committee  I would be guessing to answer that. I can confirm, but I suspect it's Ontario.

Public Accounts committee  If I may, Mr. Chairman, over the past five years or so, the typical area where we received the most recruits was Halifax, areas where there is a strong military presence. But last year, the most recruits were enrolled in the province of Quebec. As a matter of fact, Quebec City was the most significant, by performance measure, if you wish, for bringing in the number of recruits.