That is an option, obviously. However, with the way the CF works and the number of military positions that are available, if we increase the military health care providers in uniform, we have to decrease somebody else, because the total number the government has for the number of people in uniform has to stay fixed. Therefore, the requirement for who should be in uniform is dictated by how many people of what specific health care profession are needed for operations. That's the number we have. For anything beyond that we go to civilians.
On December 11th, 2012. See this statement in context.