Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Luckily, there are two question periods.
Earlier you mentioned the ice storm. I was mayor at the time and I can tell you that your services were appreciated.
So far you have talked only about staffing and recruitment. I want to ask a two-part question and talk to you about budgets.
Over the past 10 years changes were made to the budgets and how they were administered. I want to go back to what you said when you spoke to us in Trois-Rivières about equipment. Could you talk to us about how this is no longer what attracts recruits to the reserves?