Public Accounts committee  Thank you for your question. To supplement what the deputy minister just said, it's the whole experience of RMC, from arrival at recruit school to graduation, that whole spectrum, that is very unique. The student who comes to RMC will attend classes. It's a must. He or she will

Public Accounts committee  Mr. Chair, in terms of the number of students going through right now, the college is running very much at capacity. There is a variation every year based on students who realize after a few months or after the first semester that it's not for them. There is some variation in r

Public Accounts committee  Thank you for your question. It's interesting to maintain continuity in the mentoring and guidance we do through military training programs, and to ensure that people can continue to advance their careers. Our current goal is to reduce the number of rotations of less than three

Public Accounts committee  It is an option that we are ready to study. It has advantages, I can't deny it. On the principle of age, I understand that it would be interesting, but rotations of more than three years would make it more difficult to meet the needs of the service in relation to producing perso

Public Accounts committee  Yes. There are other factors to consider, such as the fact that all the programs are bilingual and that, sometimes, an instructor teaches in English only and another, in French only. It's based on their availability. With regard to the programs currently offered at the college,

Public Accounts committee  As I said earlier, we are instituting some intellectual freedom. In fact, we want this university education to help facilitate problem solving, critical thinking, and so on. Over time, we have embraced greater diversity by accepting that the faculty have some academic freedom. A

Public Accounts committee  We'll reserve that question and come back to you. I don't have those details exactly on what need there is. There is some civilian research, in co-operation, particularly with law enforcement, in some analysis that goes on for forensic purposes, but I don't have the research deta

Public Accounts committee  It allows for research that supports some of those activities, so yes.

Public Accounts committee  There is a cyber curriculum offered at Royal Military College. Some is offered to the folks who are selected and who want to become the cyberwarriors of the future. RMC is also co-operating with the Communications Security Establishment on those programs, particularly at the post

Public Accounts committee  Yes, we do, Madam.

Public Accounts committee  Enrolment at the college is at capacity, based on the infrastructure we have for residency. There is room in class to take more mature students who would not live at the college.

Public Accounts committee  Thank you for this excellent question. Yes, some positions have been granted based on merit in the past. That's the predominant method. However, we must also challenge our cadets. They must all be in command positions so that we can evaluate their behaviour, guide them and mento

Public Accounts committee  Students who are assigned to a command post will have a record of good behaviour. That is one of the criteria we established since the report was published.

Public Accounts committee  That was the case last summer. We made these changes after the investigation in order to ensure that these situations will not reoccur.

Public Accounts committee  I did not say it was resolved; I said that the selection process was settled. Each session, when senior officer-cadets are replaced, we will see whether there were mistakes. We will learn from these mistakes and correct the process as we were asked to do.