The women in force program was implemented as a pilot project pre-COVID, to give the chance to women to try, for a few days, the military life and gain more information. We have talked about Canadians not being aware of what the military is about. It was a safe space for women to give it a shot on the physical fitness and understanding the different occupations.
Sadly, we had to stop because of COVID. We're looking at reinserting it in our program, because I think it's an awesome program for people, mostly women, to try without the pressure. We're going to start in the foreseeable future to look at this program again, because there were some great benefits for women. If they didn't want to join, at least they understood the military.
We know, through the research, that women join the military more from word of mouth. They know someone who has been in the military or have advice from family or friends. If more people have the chance to try this program, it will be a success in trying to sell it to the women in the Canadian population.