Public Accounts committee  Yes, that is about right.

Public Accounts committee  Yes.

Public Accounts committee  Definitely, we are working on that now. We are looking for ways to improve our services, how to better approach potential candidates through social media in particular. Among those 44,000 candidates, there are also some who simply consulted the website and created a profile on

Public Accounts committee  We have six recruiting centres, which are the headquarters of 24 detachments, plus two detachments that are open on a part-time basis with staff from those 24 detachments. Overall, we have 24 plus two detachments and six headquarters, which are recruiting centres sitting above t

Public Accounts committee  Roughly, we get 44,000 people who apply to become members of the armed forces. Last year, we recruited 4,542. We neck down from those 44,000 to that number of qualified, talented, motivated applicants to get in the Canadian Armed Forces. Why do they drop off? There are various re

Public Accounts committee  It's still open.

Public Accounts committee  I'm sorry; I misunderstood your question. Right now, we have the Canadian Forces Recruitment Information Management System or CFRIMS. CFRIMS 2 is the Canadian Forces recruiting information management system, and everything done in CFRIMS is done electronically. At the same

Public Accounts committee  CRFIMS 2 is already in place. The documents are digitized and the data is entered into the system. The files are tracked electronically, but we still have a paper copy. Everything is done electronically.

Public Accounts committee  Thank you for your question. The recruiting process is a four-part process. First of all is attraction and then the actual processing that you are referring to, selection, and then the enrolment process. With regard to the processing, five main events need to happen. As part of