I guess if I took a step back and talked about these two reports, I would tell you that National Defence isn't recruiting enough members to meet its needs. In fact, only one in 13 makes it to basic training, and there are thousands who apply every year. Is housing one of the concerns that they've raised? Occasionally it is, but I think it's the slowness of recruitment and many other issues.
Housing is a concern that was raised on retention of existing members. National Defence isn't managing its housing portfolio in a way that's going to meet its needs and also the needs of its members.
The increased budget was meant to fund a 20-year plan to build housing units and renovate other housing units. It has a really long horizon. It would be impossible for me to tell you today if it would be enough, but what I could tell you is that a lot of their plans and estimates are based on outdated information. They should start by at least updating that information and then incorporating the desire to recruit more in order to see whether or not they have enough budget to deal with the housing issues.
