Thank you very much.
Recruitment remains one of our biggest challenges. It's not necessarily a matter of available candidates in Canada; it's a matter of age.
We are finding that in most of the seminaries, for example, across Canada, the average age of theological students is much higher today than it was two decades ago. So having folks who would be available and able to come and have a career as a military chaplain is a challenge.
There are certainly difficulties when it comes to finding Roman Catholic priests. You're absolutely right: we have a real shortage everywhere in Canada. One of the things our chaplaincy has done to address that is to employ Roman Catholic pastoral associates. Padre Gauthier who is with us here today is now ordained as a deacon. He started as a pastoral associate and is now a deacon. We employ lay chaplains in the Roman Catholic chaplaincy, and a good number of our lay chaplains in the Roman Catholic chaplaincy are women.
We have women chaplains from many different denominations, and we even had a female rabbi serving with us for a period of time. She's reached retirement age and is no longer in the service. There are no limitations to their employment. Our female chaplains can serve in any unit, in any place, and at any rank level, just as the other chaplains.