Thank you very much, Madam Chair.
I want to thank Rear-Admiral Patterson for highlighting the role Canadian military families play in partnership with the Canadian Armed Forces in everything they do.
I want to ask a specific question about the impact of COVID on recruiting for the Canadian forces and for the reserves. I know we have had trouble meeting recruiting targets and I'm suspecting that COVID presents some challenges there.
I also believe that the crisis the economy is in generally will also present some opportunities as unemployment rises, if we can make Canadians aware of the opportunities in the Canadian forces.
I'd like to hear something about the impact of COVID on recruiting.