Veterans Affairs committee  Yes. Unfortunately, I don't speak French, but to answer your question, by the end of this year, our program is going to be fully bilingual, not only on the website but also in the course content. Another thing that's important to note is that in the tech industry—no different from, say, airline air traffic control—a lot of the terminology is English.

Veterans Affairs committee  Absolutely. The mere fact that Canada has a projected deficit of 147,000 IT jobs that are going to go unfilled is very enticing, because it gives a good, solid career and financial stability. Quite frankly, females make some of the best coders out there, so it's win-win across the board.

Veterans Affairs committee  There are currently 400 veterans in our program. About 15% are female. We've had a number of military families, spouses and others approach us to come in the program, but there was no funding mechanism to cover their tuition, so we have engaged with the Province of Ontario, and they have given us funding for 100 positions in our program through Minister McNaughton's ministry of labour, training and skills development in order to increase that number.

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you. I appreciate the opportunity to appear before you. I'm the executive director of Coding for Veterans, an organization that partners with the University of Ottawa to deliver software development and cybersecurity retraining. The program is delivered 100% online. Earlier this year, we had an economic impact study done on our program by Accenture.