Thank you for the question.
I think there would probably be an immediate benefit to it in that we might see.... I think there's an idea that in the red zone—the initial period of basic training, or the initial period of any start to a new thing—sexual violence is more likely to occur. There might be an immediate benefit with numbers going down, but I don't think it's a progressive move by any means.
There are other militaries that separate gender, for sure. If we were to have to do that in Canada and if that's the solution we commit to, especially in the long term, it would be quite disappointing. The reality is that these soldiers are not going to work in a segregated environment, and sexual violence doesn't just happen at basic training.
I definitely understand the sentiments of Ms. Hayward, but I don't think that is the long-term solution, no.