The government and the Department of Defence, Canadian Armed Forces, are fully committed to building a defence team that reflects all Canadians and is open and inclusive. In our defence policy, we announced a number of initiatives to fully leverage diversity. We're looking at enhanced training, recruitment, and retention. There are members of the Canadian Armed Forces who are transgender and their employment has not been impacted or affected. They are welcomed into the Canadian Armed Forces. As Admiral Hawco said, we are the only armed forces in the world where every trade and job occupation is open to anyone who chooses to take on the job. There is zero discrimination in terms of opportunity. Ships are retrofitted so that they are open and inclusive and any gender can use them regardless of where you identify. At bases, and it's the same in office buildings, wherever possible, we're ensuring that they can be inclusive.
I think that the Canadian Armed Forces are a reflection of society and we're learning as we go. However, the medical branch of the Canadian Armed Forces and the senior leadership of the Canadian Armed Forces are certainly seized with this issue in ensuring that discrimination does not occur and when it does occur that they react immediately and respond to it.
Admiral Hawco.