Yes. In fact I'm very proud of the state of the air force. It's a shame that Ms. McCrimmon has departed as our first female CO in the armed forces. At the time, I was a CO beside her.
I have the exact numbers available. Out of the armed forces, the air force has the highest percentage of women. We opened every role to women in the early 1980s. We had the first female fighter pilots in the west. For the air force, I'm awfully proud.
Can we do better? Of course we can do better. We're putting out plans right now, under the chief's direction, to increase the percentage of women coming in. In an ideal world, I'd want the air force to look like this table; I'd want it to look like Canadians out there, because that's a huge source of strength.
