Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I want to thank both of our witnesses for being here and for their expert testimony.
Professor, I'm really pleased that you're back on this study, because you added a great deal to the last study we just finished up.
I want to touch on universality of service. I know that my colleague Ms. Findlay touched on it as well. You used the term “modernize”, to modernize the model. I'm just going to read here from the “Defence Administrative Orders and Directives”. I think modernizing the model is one of the ways out of this recruiting issue we have.
The principle of the universality of service...holds that CAF members are liable to perform general military duties and common defence and security duties, not just the duties of their military occupation or occupational specification. This may include, but is not limited to, the requirement to be physically fit, employable and deployable for general operational duties.
What challenges does this create for recruitment and retention, Professor?