First, on the helmet story, I think it has been shown that it might not actually have been factually correct when it was released to the media. I'm not sure if that's actually.... Anyway, I would put a question mark next to that.
When it comes to the idea of equipment and the fact that.... I'm not only talking about women but also talking about LGBTQ people. The fact that we want to recruit in our military forces, and we don't give kit...we don't have options for people who are.... I'm somebody who is non-binary, so I would have a huge problem in our military forces, evidently. That alone is a whole other story that I could speak to, because I work a lot with the defence pride network, so I know a bit about what those individuals face in trying just to defend our country.
On the part of the kit that's for women, one thing that's very clear is that this is an industry dominated by men when it comes to everything from prototyping to how we test things. At the latest CANSEC conference, there was one female mannequin out of all the mannequins that were showing defence equipment. I think that says a lot about the sector in general.
I know, for example, there are some countries that are thinking about this and that have put money towards developing resources for women in ways that are much more impressive—for example, Danes. If you're pregnant and you're in the forces, you are not destined to wear a uniform that is one of the ugliest things on the planet and that makes you look like a tent. Some of these things are pretty important when it comes to just creating forces that are representative of society, and there is also this recruitment piece that is extremely important for the future of the forces.