Sir, thanks very much for the question.
Although I indicated what it would take, I would also like to take a different approach should the mandatory retirement age be eliminated. What I would like to stress is that we also assess that as being problematic from a management perspective, and hence the position we've taken is that for the Canadian Armed Forces the mandatory retirement age should not be eliminated.
With respect to your observation about everybody needing to be a soldier, sailor, or airman first and then a particular occupation second, I just had the pleasure of returning on Sunday at 6 o'clock from Afghanistan, having flown out to one of the forward bases we had there. You had infantry soldier, infantry soldier, infantry soldier, and another person who looked exactly like an infantry soldier. She carried a weapon. She was just as capable as the infantry soldier, but in addition, she carried a camera, because she was part of the combat camera team. So the particular occupations we ask our men and women to do are exceptionally demanding, hence the position we have taken here.
For us, it's predominantly a question of force renewal and ensuring a vibrant, capable force that is capable of defending the men and women of Canada and our interests. My assessment would be that a removal of mandatory retirement age would be problematic with regard to force renewal. We would also likely see stagnation, as there would be a reduction in the recruiting we would need to see to ensure that constant flow-through to revitalize and rejuvenate ourselves.
Karol, would you care to add anything?