Like all of our activities in the Canadian Armed Forces, early in the pandemic we had to work out how we were going to organize to continue to conduct our activities safely in a responsible way, and that included recruiting. In the early period of this pandemic, as we compressed our activities and activated our business continuity plans, the same applied to our recruiting centres until we could learn how to optimize the use of digital tools—and much of that has happened recently.
We have reinvigorated our recruiting efforts, which are absolutely essential to a large force, any military force. We have an element of attrition on an annual basis and therefore it's imperative that we continue to bring in young Canadians who want to serve their country and ensure they're trained in a timely manner to integrate into operations. That is now happening.
I would agree with you absolutely, Madam Chair, that the Canadian Armed Forces present a tremendous employment opportunity for young Canadian men and women.