I agree with you. We're not disputing that. We're pointing out that during the seven years that Afghanistan has taken place, the militia units have been depleted of their leaders. Sixty per cent of the leadership of the reserve has been on full-time service, even class D in headquarters here in Ottawa and in the provinces. So you don't have the people at the unit, the cadre for the recruits that you're bringing in for the people who are still in class A. You don't have the instructors to train these people, because they're not available. You push basic training, because they don't have enough instructors. In 2011 we're going to pull out of Afghanistan, but it's going to take a while to get back to normal; the damage has been done. Still we continue.
I want to get back to the way the system works today. Yes, one role of the militia is to make sure we support the regular force under the deployment. But if you do that at the expense of the institution, then you have a big problem. What we are saying is that we should revisit the structure and the role of the militia. We should give the militia the resources to fulfill all these roles, which we do not have right now.
Regarding what you said about job protection, I was instrumental in starting that. I created the CFLC myself. It's a voluntary signature that you're going to do that, but it doesn't mean that you're really going to do it. I would ask you how many reservists the people who signed this document have on their payroll. You'll find that there are very few.