Mr. Chairman, the general model for determining representation goals in the federal public service and other areas of the economy that are federally regulated are determined by the labour department and the work availability estimates they have for those populations.
However, given that the military is not homogeneous in terms of its jobs--there's a wide variety of jobs, and they would like us to think in those terms--we have explained to them that joining the military is not like taking a job in corporation X or corporation Y. There's a whole lifestyle change that comes with it. Therefore, we've asked them to consider adjusting those workforce availability estimates on the basis of general interest in the population to join the military in the first place.
As a result of the work we do that...through third party survey organizations, they determined the baseline level of interest in military service. From that, we adjust the availability estimates to what's reasonable.
To give you an example, the workforce availability estimate for women is about 50% according to the labour department, but the proportion of women who are interested in joining the military for any period of time is much lower than that. That's why our goal for women is 19.5%.