Sir, we are stretched. Any soldier or any officer will tell you that. On the other hand, if we didn't think we could get it done, given a variety of variables, which we hope to have a certain degree of control over, if I didn't think we could get it done, I would tell you.
Here are some of the variables.
Growth must continue for the army. My intent is not to sound service-centred, because I am a Canadian Forces officer, but as the army commander I'm especially concerned about the potential burnout of officers and senior NCOs, which we can mitigate. But growth must continue. That's job one for both regulars and reserves. We need more soldiers serving you, to better defend you both at home and abroad. So that's the first issue.
The second one is that as we take a look around at a variety of systems and infrastructure issues, we have to remain focused on making sure we do all we can to minimize the negative impacts on quality of life of our people, otherwise they will leave us. So far, the numbers from the returning battle group are no larger than, for example, when they got back from Bosnia or Croatia, or any of the other places to which we've been sent, but it's early days yet. So we will have to watch and monitor this closely.
I hope I've answered the question to your satisfaction.