Thank you for the good questions.
I will tell you this. I'm done with reading these briefings in the evening before I try to go to bed, because I had a tough night's sleep last night going through this briefing. Some of the reasons have already been brought up. Let me just read one. It's in your responses. Last night when I was going through this, I read where the Auditor General recommended:
National Defence should provide individual Army Reserve units with clear guidance so that they can prepare their soldiers for key tasks assigned to the Army Reserve for major international missions.
Then the Department of National Defence responded. The Auditor General has asked to make sure that they have clear guidance so they can prepare the soldiers. The response was that it will work towards improving its policy, improving its guidance for anticipated key tasks.
In one case where the Auditor General asks for clear guidance, clear directives, you will say, “Well, we'll do the best we can. We'll work toward it.”
Mr. Christopherson brought forward the other one which I read last night to formally confirm that they're ready for whatever mission they have. It came back that you will give a verbal confirmation through the chain of command that they're ready to go.
It was just frustrating going through the briefing last night.
Going back to the first one here, the clear guidance for key tasks assigned to them, what's the timeline for that commitment? What timeline can you give this committee that you will move towards that clear guidance, not just to work toward it, but to see that they get it?