Thank you, sir.
There was a StatsCan study in 2003 or 2002 resulting in a goal of 447 mental health professionals to look after these issues within the military. First of all, why would that number still be valid after all of our experience in and exposure to Afghanistan?
Second, we heard that there were barriers to hiring people, but the major barrier in the last six months seems to have been the hiring freeze, and the failure, the inability, of your department to be able to hire people. Because they couldn't actually fill them. This goal of 447 has never been met. We were 60 shy in the fall. How can that be? How is it that we didn't hear complaints from you folks that you were being stymied in hiring people because the freeze was affecting you?