Thank you, honourable chair and members of the committee. It's a pleasure to once again appear in front of you.
You have before you a copy of our presentation in both official languages. Today we are going to speak in English, but we can answer your questions in French also.
To begin,
we have given each of you a pin produced by the Royal Canadian Legion. The pin is to commemorate seventy years of service of women in the Canadian Forces.
We started with 1941. Of course you know that before 1941--in World War I and other wars, and other actions--there were nursing sisters and women involved in military service, but we picked 1941 as a good position to start from. On the back of the card you can actually see some of the commemorative dates we have down there for you.