Thank you, Mr. Chair.
My questions will be directed primarily at the representatives from National Defence.
I am the Bloc Québécois critic for veterans. Obviously, I meet with veterans on a weekly basis. There are also those who approach me directly, as a member of Parliament. People have been telling me for quite some time now that serving in the forces is truly a tradition passed down from generation to generation.
Right now—and you’ll see where I’m going with this—veterans are telling me that, given what they experience and endure after serving in the armed forces, they wouldn’t want their children to enlist.
How can we explain this decline in trust in the military, even as we try to better equip our defence forces?