This is a great question.
I just want to clarify that most of these programs, except Raven, are army programs, which goes to the question we had before: How come we have a much greater indigenous presence in the army as a percentage? Clearly, the army is a large service, so we are always going to have a greater number there, but I am speaking in terms of proportions.
That said, I agree with you that if some of you on this committee have only heard about these programs for the first time today, then we clearly are not doing a good enough job of promoting the programs. Could this be done through better community engagements in indigenous communities? Yes, but as was mentioned and we all know, not all indigenous youth live in indigenous communities. Some have been removed from their indigenous cultures and from their indigenous language. Promoting these programs through high schools could be another option. There's so much more we can do in promoting these programs to indigenous youth.
We talked about the ILOY as well, which is a bit separate from the indigenous programs. There's also another program that is a bit shorter. It's almost like a “try before you buy”. That's also part of the indigenous programs.
The efforts are there and the programs are there, but clearly there is an issue with the promotion of these programs. That's why not all positions are filled.
