Mr. Chair, I thank the member for Davenport for her tireless work in supporting the Canadian Armed Forces.
Supporting and increasing the number of women in the Canadian Armed Forces is extremely important. To increase the number of women on further operations, we need to increase our numbers. More importantly, we are making sure that we create an inclusive environment to allow everybody to succeed, and I am very proud.
Currently, we have Commodore Kurtz who is commanding the naval task force in the Mediterranean for NATO and Major-General Carignan who is commanding a NATO training mission, and we have a lot more leadership roles. It is something we want to be able to foster, because research has shown that when we have more women participating in conflict, we also reduce conflict.