Roughly over 50% of people who apply to join the Canadian Armed Forces withdraw from the process because it takes too long.
Let me be clear: The Canadian Armed Forces doesn't have an issue attracting people. There are enough people in the Canadian population, women, indigenous people, recent immigrants with permanent residency, racialized people and so on. The issue isn't attracting people. The issue is recruitment.
It has now just been announced that there will be changes. Like other researchers and staff members, I'm very pleased with these changes. We'll see whether the Canadian Armed Forces will be able to meet its recruitment targets once the system is modernized.