Public Accounts committee  Mr. Chair, thank you for the questions. I will get the first crack at the answer and then maybe General Rob Roy MacKenzie can speak as well. First, I believe that we are now providing clear guidance to the reservists on what is expected of them. As I said a couple of times duri

Public Accounts committee  Certainly, Mr. Chair. Thanks for the question. That's why directions are given for the reservists to train in what I refer to as foundation training, force protection, so they know they need to master how to be a soldier, first and foremost, to be able to protect themselves and

Public Accounts committee  Mr. Chair, I totally agree that this is confusing and, as I said before, we made a decision that we will, from now on, require not a verbal confirmation, but a written confirmation for all territorial battalion groups, and that is not well reflected in this action plan, as you ju

Public Accounts committee  Mr. Chair, we will update it.

Public Accounts committee  Mr. Chair, may I ask Mr. Rob Roy MacKenzie to answer that.

Public Accounts committee  Mr. Chair, I don't doubt what was mentioned in the report. I think this issue deals a lot more with the reporting of data than of the actual training that took place. I have the assurance that in the case of the recent NATO mission, in which we had reservists deployed, they did i

Public Accounts committee  Absolutely not. Your question was whether the reservists are the poor relatives of the Armed Forces?

Public Accounts committee  Absolutely not. I command an army and the reservists are an inherent part of that army. They are not the poor relatives. Every time we carry out an operation, we prepare reports after reviewing the activities. That is when we see what was done and what was not done. If there was

Public Accounts committee  Mr. Chair, measures are being taken in that regard. In fact, we are going to make the process much more rigorous as of today. The territorial battalions will be the object of annual verifications to see whether they have the equipment they need. They are going to be given generic

Public Accounts committee  Mr. Chair, I invite the chief of reserves and cadets to talk about this.

Public Accounts committee  Absolutely. No recommendation goes without a response. We have to continue to improve them and show that we are continuing to do so in visible ways.

Public Accounts committee  That has certainly happened and it could happen again in future. In fact, the yearly financial process is based on quarterly review periods. At that time, we reallocate resources if that is necessary. In the case you have just referred to, if funding is lacking for the reserve, a

Public Accounts committee  I really have no comments to add. You would have to put this question to our chief financial officer, who has the expertise to explain the funds transfer and could explain what accounts they came from.

Public Accounts committee  Mr. Chair, thank you for the question. Yes, we will always rely on our reserve soldiers to complement the army effort in operation. Every year, and I'd like to reassure you, generic guidance is given as training for the reserve soldiers. They have to reach a certain level of tra

Public Accounts committee  Mr. Chair, thanks for the question. There certainly is a self-assessment group. Audits are done internally on a very regular basis. The process has existed for several years and will continue to exist. I apologize if I did not provide sufficient clarification as to the numbers.