The answer is yes. The naval experience program is rendering good dividends.
We are observing a good trend of transition between this program and going to the reg force, as well as remaining in the reserve force. I see this as very positive.
We've been going at this.... By “we”, I mean the navy. it's Mr. Angus Topshee who runs this. I'm not at the point that I'm going to share a portion of the strategic intake or I'm going to contract it out to the navy. Whatever they're doing—the excellent work they're doing with this—allows us to close the gap towards the 71,500 faster.
At some point we may need to wrap our hands around this. It's still a pilot program, but once we declare that it's permanent, I think it's going to lend great dividends for the Canadian Armed Forces.