That being said, Mr. Chairman, I do have some questions and concerns about what's going on with the recruiting and how long it takes.
You mentioned a difficult competitive environment out there, a shortage of skilled labour, and so on. When the private sector sees somebody good, it gets them on board right away because it doesn't want to lose them to someone else. You take months and months, and, as you say, you even lose contact with people who say, “I guess they don't want me in the army, so I'm going to go somewhere else that will hire me.” Why haven't you addressed the issue of the time the person applies to the time they become a member of the forces? As the Auditor General points out, it can take eight months. Why so long?