Mr. Speaker, I thank the hon. member who has just spoken. This has been perhaps the most open and honest approach we have heard from that side all day. I commend him for that. At least he alluded to the problems we face. I assure him that this side of the House and the committee to which he referred will be looking forward to his report.
I have read in newspapers and magazines about the problem of the Department of National Defence in relation to NCOs and commissioned officers.
I come from a part of Canada which has the RCMP as the provincial police force. I have been in the same area for a long time. The highest ranking officer that has ever been in our detachment, albeit this is the RCMP, is a corporal. Imagine having three sergeants and one constable.
If I heard correctly today, and this is part of the problem that the government should be addressing, we have something like 65 generals in the Canadian army.