It's clear that the capacity or incapacity to recruit and retain military personnel affects the capacity of DND or the Canadian Armed Forces to deliver on its mandate. It's not affecting the ratio and the tools that we are providing here, but I think this tool can give an example as to what if, for instance, the navy increased its uniformed personnel by 1,000, the army by 1,000, and so on. That'll give users a good idea as to how much that would mean in terms of increased indirect, direct or overhead costs. However, the absence of a full contingent of the Canadian Armed Forces is not affecting the simulations themselves or the results that one would get.
On October 26th, 2023. See this statement in context.