Thank you very much.
I'll speak first to the idea of training leaders. We've heard already from General Carignan how we start by training recruits how to behave.
RMC is a breeding ground, unfortunately, I would say, based on my experiences, of the toxic culture that permeates the forces. It is where the majority of our officers are indoctrinated into the military. When officer cadets move into a training environment with other officers, they are the dominant group. They are the alphas in a training environment and force others to look to their behaviour to conform.
However, the problem at RMC is that training is done mostly by senior officer cadets. Those cadets have very little experience in the actual military. Their understanding of military leaders is often from basic training and the training they get from other cadets and from movies and television. In other words, it's fantasy and is based on stereotypes.
I really believe that the officer-to-NCM ratio at RMC needs to increase, and that those serving members need to be far more involved in the development of officer cadets at RMC. They can't simply file paperwork and do drill clinics on Wednesday mornings. The people chosen to do the mentorship and leadership training of officer cadets need to reflect the diversity and qualities that the CAF wants. They need to have a record of leadership development and represent diversity, not only in terms of ethnicity and gender but also in leadership styles, and they need to be far more present in the lives of officer cadets.