Veterans Affairs committee  We have an age restriction of where we can recruit. We cannot recruit youth and we cannot engage in recruiting activities with youth. We can only target people who are available to join the Canadian Armed Forces.

Veterans Affairs committee  There is awareness created in discussion. The cadets and the military are linked. I think everybody can understand that link, but we cannot go actively in there and say—

Veterans Affairs committee  Do you mean for not joining the Canadian Armed Forces programs?

Veterans Affairs committee  It has to do with community involvement and how the young members are recruited. It is not always through the Canadian Forces recruiting system. As a matter of fact, a small percentage go through the recruiting system. A lot of it is done by former members who have participated i

Veterans Affairs committee  Not over and above that, sir, no.

Veterans Affairs committee  On an annual basis? Yes, sir. For the summer programs, Bold Eagle is jumping from 110 to 150 this summer. For Black Bear and Raven, we're trying to populate them up to 60 personnel attending. For the Canadian Armed Forces aboriginal entry program, they have an allocation of 30

Veterans Affairs committee  One course only had eight candidates.

Veterans Affairs committee  They have 30 positions, and last year they had 26.

Veterans Affairs committee  Ideas of this nature have been talked about. A lot of the facilities that are required to conduct the training are based heavily on the location of the Canadian Forces base where they are at. All the requirements, so logistical, training areas, and everything that's required to c

Veterans Affairs committee  As indigenous advisers within the Canadian Armed Forces, we reach out to everybody we can to assist with recruiting. We have indigenous advisers within the Canadian Forces recruiting group itself: me, Warrant Officer Tetrault-Hamel, and there are others within the military person

Veterans Affairs committee  For the entry programs that were introduced, yes, the training establishment has conducted an exit survey.

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you, sir. There is a formal program conducted for indigenous awareness training within the Canadian Armed Forces. The functional authority for that is the military personnel generation, which used to be known as the Canadian Defence Academy. They are the ones that direct a

Veterans Affairs committee  Ladies and gentlemen, my name is Grant Greyeyes. I'm a master warrant officer in the Canadian Armed Forces. I am the indigenous adviser to the commander of the Canadian Army, who is the champion for indigenous peoples within the Canadian Armed Forces and the defence team. I come