Personally, I'm not seeing a whole lot of changes. I'm seeing a lot of things going backwards. They're not having indigenous recruiters go into communities. That needs to happen. They need to see someone who can be in their shoes, “If you can do that, I can do that.”
They need more paper application options. They're applying online, but not every community has Internet access. They might not have mobile phones. It takes three hours through a dead area with no phone lines to get to my brother's community. They have to work harder at that to make it more visible.
On the bases, the wings, they need to have that knowledge-keeper guidance. I do that in Halifax in my role as honorary naval captain, but other places don't have that. Base commanders, wing commanders and admirals need someone they can go to when they're looking for advice on something, on an issue that has come up, when they're not sure if it's cultural or when they're not sure how to move forward with it. Knowledge-keepers would be able to help them with that.
Each base can have that, especially in the territories. It varies from Nova Scotia to B.C., and it varies from first nations to Métis to Inuit. The cultures and the spirituality are different, and they need to understand that.