The plan since 2011, I believe, has been to maintain 68,000 regular force members and 27,000 reservists.
Mr. Chairman, we're just a wee bit under that. I think we're at 65,900 currently.
By the way, I don't know if you've noticed, but the government is frequently criticized for advertising. One of the largest elements of government advertising is Canadian Armed Forces recruitment. If you haven't seen the latest ads, I recommend that you, because they're fantastic. This is important, and of course this is not an innovation. The Department of National Defence always uses advertising for recruitment purposes. So we do need to catch up a little bit on recruitment here to maintain a steady state.
As you know, in your home province of Alberta, for example, with very high-paying jobs, a lot of the people in the military with skills in particular trades have been attracted by much higher salaries in the private sector, so perhaps there's been a somewhat higher level of attrition than has historically been the case because of labour market inflation. I think that perhaps the cooling in the energy industry may help us retain some of those folks.