It's a really good question, Mr. Chair.
Let me elaborate.
I find that a bit confusing.
If it's a challenge in Quebec, why is recruiting up in Quebec between 8% and 10%? I'm not sending people out into the street to pull people into the recruiting centres; they're walking in on their own.
It's an issue I've thought about quite a bit, given that my family comes from Quebec, and somehow something doesn't connect. Perhaps it's generational. But recruiting in Quebec in particular, I'll be as bold as saying that it's perhaps almost 15% higher than it used to be.
Again, it's not just the young. You need to be aware, ladies and gentlemen of this committee, that we have recruits at the recruit school who are 51 years old. As I told you last time, I'd be more than happy to recruit any of you into the Canadian Forces. We have recruits who are 51, so you can't say anymore that it's just young people. That's the way it used to be, but people of any age are coming into the recruiting centres, particularly in Quebec.
It is incredible. If it is a challenge, it is very difficult to explain.