National Defence committee  You're quite right that there is a requirement to have trained pilots able to manage the fleet, to be able to operate, to be able to do planning, and be part of target package work in CAOC, command and operational centres, both in Winnipeg and deployed. You're also making the po

National Defence committee  What I would add, just to put a personal face to it, is when I was fleet commander in 2011 there was an individual in one of our ships. He was going through a gender reassignment to she. The deputy referred to configuration inside the ship; we're talking about living quarters. Ho

National Defence committee  Thank you, Deputy. I guess it's not a surprise, particularly for this table, that the “Strong, Secure, Engaged” focus on people from the Prime Minister and the minister is animating, informing, and shaping our approach. The deputy referred to “the journey”. That's a broader ex

National Defence committee  I would build on your point from earlier, Minister, that retention is an extremely important part. We are very happy to see the challenges associated with attrition go down. We saw a drop from 7.9% to 7.5%, aiming towards getting to 7%. As the minister also indicated, we have ta

National Defence committee  Thanks, Minister. I would start by building on the minister's point. There are about 12,000 relocations per year in the Canadian Armed Forces. A lot of those are related to people joining. A number of those are related to people who are going on career courses that are of protrac