Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to all the witnesses for being here today.
In 2016, the Auditor General released his report on recruiting and retention in the Canadian Armed Forces. Specifically he said, in section 5.25 of his report:
We found that although the Canadian Armed Forces had established a goal for the representation of women among its ranks, it set this overall goal with no specific targets by occupation. We also found that despite the fact that achieving this goal depends heavily on increased recruiting, the Canadian Armed Forces had not implemented any special employment equity measures....
The AG went on to say in his recommendations:
The Canadian Armed Forces should establish appropriate representation goals for women [in] each occupation. It should also develop and implement measures to achieve them.
We're now in 2019. Have we implemented what the AG has recommended?