Mr. Chair, we do indeed want to increase personnel. We also want to increase the number of women in the Canadian Armed Forces. That is why we have made some changes. For example, female candidates will be moved to the top of the waiting list when they apply for military college. We will also give former female soldiers the opportunity to re-enlist. We launched the women in force program to show women the benefits of a military career. We want to increase diversity and the number of women. That is exactly what Canadians expect of us.
In the House of Commons on May 15th, 2019. See this statement in context.