National Defence committee  According to the 200 individuals who answered, most of them have finished high school, which is different from what we had before. A lot of them have a first year of college or a first year of university.

National Defence committee  It's equal male and female.

National Defence committee  No, I'm sorry. I cannot answer that.

National Defence committee  The people I talked to are looking to be peacekeepers. When it comes to climate change, if it can help someone, yes they will. If it doesn't, then no, they won't. They would rather be peacekeepers.

National Defence committee  I'm sorry. I cannot answer this one. I don't know.

National Defence committee  That is one of them. Another is changing the way that instruction given to the soldier is recognized in certain academic functions. In certain areas, it's not recognized at all, and that is causing a problem for some soldiers to advance in academia.

National Defence committee  Yes, that is correct. However, some of the instruction they get in the military training is, sometimes, simply not recognized in the public service.

National Defence committee  That's exactly what I'm saying.

National Defence committee  Military policy is very specific as to the kind of bereavement you are allowed to have or not allowed to have. Let's say that you lose an aunt, who was your mother for 20 years. Because she's an “aunt”, you will not get the bereavement leave, even though you considered her to be

National Defence committee  That's exactly what I'm saying.

National Defence committee  No, it's obviously.... Recruitment by the individual—male versus female—is absolutely not equal. I think I was answering that the education level—male and female—is equal.

National Defence committee  Is your question for me?

National Defence committee  I'm not allowed to talk about my work or say where I work and what I do. However, I can say that this culture developed in the forces does transfer to other settings. Positions that put people in a certain position of authority attract retired officers. So the military culture i

National Defence committee  Can I speak for the soldiers and what they've asked for?

National Defence committee  What the soldiers who spoke to me asked for is a review and reinstating of the post living differential, that would help right now, and 200-plus soldiers were saying that.