The possibility of taking initiatives like that or, to connect it more broadly with how we engage the Canadian Ranger communities, which is the other major reserve component of that, is really a question of what we train and equip them to actually do and how connected they are with the rest of the national security and defence apparatus.
In the past, we haven't really provided as many of those points of connection, enough of the training or enough of the equipment as we could have. With the rangers on their own, I think there's a lot of asymmetry, in my understanding, between the different ranger patrols. Some of them have very different skill sets and some of them are much more connected with more of that conventional apparatus.
Standardizing some of that and improving the training, the equipment and the connectivity is a significant asset. If you could take a model like the naval reserve initiative, the real key is what you can get them to meaningfully be able to contribute. Just creating an organization and having a certain number of people be part of it will create a certain benefit, but if we can really give it utility and have it be well connected, well equipped and well trained, that's where we're going to get the maximum benefit.
