Thank you for confirming that this is confirmed in writing, because I think that was a remark we saw in the Auditor General's report. Given that the reserve forces are here to stay, and I certainly commend reservists on their service to the country, I'm concerned about paragraph 5.51 from the Auditor General's report stating:
We found that the National Defence recruiting system did not recruit the number of soldiers needed by the Army Reserve and that the Army Reserve units had difficulty retaining their soldiers.
Please talk to us about that. What are the strategies that are used? Are there new strategies being employed? I'm wondering—and I'm just throwing it out there—if there is a question of morale where reserve soldiers feel like second-class citizens and this is why retention is difficult. I'd like to hear about that.