Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, gentlemen, for coming today. You have an interesting presentation.
I am a former member of the South Alberta Light Horse, so I value that training. I think it was extremely good for me. My son is a captain in the reserves there as well. He has just taken a posting as a class B.
You can correct me if I'm wrong, but any of these reservists who decide to go into the regular forces are not made to go in; they do this on a voluntary basis.
So in terms of recruiting, what we understood the other day from a presentation we had from General Semianiw is that recruiting comes from various levels throughout the whole country in terms of how they get these individuals, some of those obviously being reservists. My view of that as a reservist is that certainly if the opportunity is there and the individual wants to do that and can meet the criteria, that is really one of the things the reserves should be there for. I think we see those coming, and certainly people do come back to the reserves. Like with any other job, people move on. They may not be able to return to the job they had as part-time militia. A number of companies say that individuals can take a leave and continue to serve in the forces and then come back to that job. So those kinds of opportunities are available.
We did talk a bit about the Olympics as well. Certainly I would see that as a great opportunity for reservists. It is a huge event, and so we talked about the Commissionaires as well. My recollection of some of the other Olympics is that we have seen those types of individuals as well. I suspect it would not be totally RCMP and the military.
You talked about a change in the structure of the command. I don't have the timing of when that structure changed. Would you be able to enlighten the committee on that?