First of all, Mr. Chairman, I would like to say this.
That happens at the lowest level, starting at the unit level. It is not just at the highest level. Majors, lieutenant-colonels, colonels, and generals at any rank level could do that. As long as they are in command of an organization, they can do that with the establishment they own. So yes, it is possible to actually do that.
Just to make sure that we have the right words here, that position in the regular forces will still be there. But he has taken the individual who has taken his retirement and has taken a class B job, and has filled that, which actually has happened. I can't speak to this case, but in every case I know of, it's done on the basis of loss of knowledge, and it's always for the short term--un an, deux ans, trois ans--and it's not full-time.
Mr. Chairman, could you just give me a moment, please.
I don't want to make this more complex, but this is where is gets more complex. I indulge the committee here.
I didn't mention this, but there are also two types of full-time reserve positions. There are established full-time reserve positions and there are those that are full-time, but only for one, two, or three years. If you look at the structure of the Canadian Forces, there are full-time established positions that will go from now to eternity, because they're in the Canadian Forces. In all of those cases, every one that I know of is a reservist and has been a reservist in those established positions. The case we're talking about here is a one-, two-, or three-year contract that's not forever or actually in the overall establishment as an established full-time position. But it is possible, exactly as was posed here.