National Defence committee  No, I think that's it.

National Defence committee  Do you mean brief statement towards that question?

National Defence committee  We need resources to really discuss and communicate with these communities. Again, I think the organizational change that needs to happen will impact this as well. Even if you are looking forward to working for the CAF some day, if you're hearing about all the harassment toward

National Defence committee  I was just going to make a quick comment on the salary issue and the housing issue that would lead to it. Currently there is just one page on the CAF website for salaries, stating that your starting salary would be anywhere from around at least $33,000 to $64,000, and that's all

National Defence committee  I believe that committee showed that members of Parliament do take this issue seriously, even if some of the members who were witnessing were not taking it as seriously or didn't provide as much accountability as hoped. Personally, watching it, it did not increase my comfort with

National Defence committee  Do you mean on the use of social media?

National Defence committee  They are on TikTok, YouTube, Facebook and Instagram, and they are showing more dedicated advertisements towards the younger demographic especially and more diverse demographics. However, I would echo that it's a resourcing issue at this point. It's very difficult to compete in di

National Defence committee  The code of silence is acting negatively for the CAF at this point, not perhaps positively as it was intended. I would recommend doing exit interviews or exit surveys with CAF members who are exiting out of basic training all the way to CAF members who are exiting after 20 years

National Defence committee  Sure. The issue is that it doesn't do a great job of appealing to a wider demographic. As Professor Okros has said, it does not do a very good job of communicating directly to niche, diverse groups within Canada. On the sponsorship of certain sports, for example, for baseball, t

National Defence committee  I would argue no, especially seeing the current situation with the training that happened on the west coast a couple of weeks ago. I don't think the recruitment process, especially at the beginning, does enough to even weed out the candidates who aren't qualified for the position

National Defence committee  This is going to take a lot of time now. There have been two years' worth of media publicity showing all the issues with harassment and non-inclusiveness within the CAF. There needs to be a top-bottom approach, where the top leaders, including civilian leaders, need to take accou

National Defence committee  I was just going to say that I agree. I was looking at the departmental planning, and only 65% of the CAF currently would describe it as a positive workplace. Maybe we are seeing the effects of people staying in the CAF who are not seeing positiveness or who do not want to contin

National Defence committee  Yes. That would be after a lot of training, a lot of awareness brought to the issue and a lot of one-on-one discussion to instigate and maintain effective organizational change over a long period of time. Eventually, the members who do not wish to change would have to be removed.

National Defence committee  Yes. I would agree that there needs to be more information about certain positions. The CAF does have recruitment specialists who talk with candidates. I think there is an opportunity for candidates to ask questions. I think the issue, though, is that candidates may not know what

National Defence committee  First, I would say that the government and civilian oversight should take more of a stand and provide guidance to the CAF. It's our responsibility. However, within the CAF, I would suggest that the biggest tool for change could be building allyship and pushing away the idea of t