Madam Chairman, we have been developing a number of outreach programs. We would like the Canadian forces to better reflect the population which exists in Canada today. People in the Alliance will call that social engineering. We think it makes good sense. First, it helps to bring into our fold people with a wide range of interests and expertise from all parts of the population.
Second, it also helps to bring support from all parts of the population for the Canadian forces. We want people of Canada from different parts of the country, from different parts of the socioeconomic framework of Canada and from different ethnic origins. We want all cultural origins to identify with the Canadian forces. We want it to reflect the population that exists in Canada today.
We have started a number of outreach programs. There are aboriginal outreach programs, outreach programs for women and for other target groups as part of our employment equity program.
This outreach is beginning to produce higher numbers. We are sending out more caravan programs with people who are role models in many of these different communities. They can talk with people either in the schools or at community fairs, et cetera. We want to reach out to people to have that kind of employment opportunity.