beyond an adequate salary and includes a wide range of benefits, recognition, care and support throughout military members’ careers. Canadians know that when our women and men in uniform deploy, they, and their families, make great sacrifices on their behalf. From the moment they put on the uniform, members of the Canadian Armed Forces take on unlimited liability. In particular, when the Government of Canada calls upon members of the Canadian Armed Forces to deploy anywhere in the world, it is their duty to go. With this in mind, in order to ensure that Canadian Armed Forces members are treated equally on deployment, all troops deployed on all named international operations3 will no longer pay federal income tax on their salary up to the level of Lieutenant-Colonel.4 This change in policy will not affect the assessment and awarding of existing hardship and risk allowances earned by Canadian Armed Forces personnel deployed abroad. Furthermore, the Canadian Armed Forces will explore how to best enhance the flexibility of military careers. This includes making it easier to transition between fulland part-time military service in order to retain valuable military skills and accommodate changing career paths. The Canadian Armed Forces will also introduce new measures that allow some military members who no longer meet universality of service – that is, the require- ment that all Canadian Armed Forces personnel be fit for deployment – due to illness or injury incurred while serving in the military to continue to serve on a case-by-case basis. This will help retain valuable knowledge and skills in the Canadian Armed Forces to meet specific requirements. In short, to be highly competitive in the labour market the Canadian Armed Forces will become more personalized in its administrative and leadership approach, and provide the career options, satisfaction, and support necessary for our people and their families to succeed. NEW INITIATIVES 5. To ensure the effective recruitment, training and retention of the future work force, the Defence team will: Develop and implement a comprehensive Canadian Armed Forces Retention Strategy to keep our talented people in uniform with a welcoming and healthy work environment. 6. Undertake a comprehensive review of conditions of service and career paths to allow much more personalized career choices and flexibility. 7. Modernize the Canadian Armed Forces Honours and Awards system to ensure military members’ service to Canada is recognized in a more timely and appropriate manner. 8. Implement the first-ever, integrated strategy for human resources to balance the optimal assignment of tasks between the military, defence civilians and the private sector. 9. Provide tax-free salary for all Canadian Armed Forces members deployed on all named international operations, up to the maximum rate of pay applied to a Lieutenant-Colonel. This would not impact hardship and risk pay or operational allowances regulated by the Military Foreign Service Instructions (MFSI), which will continue. This initiative is retroactive to January 2017. 1. 2. Reduce significantly the time to enroll in the Canadian Armed Forces by reforming all aspects of military recruiting. Implement a recruitment campaign to promote the unique full- and part-time career opportunities offered by the Canadian Armed Forces, as well as to support key recruitment priorities, including hiring more women, increasing diversity, addressing priority occupations, and the requirements of the Reserve Force. 3. Restore the Collège militaire royal in St-Jean as a full degree-granting institution to help prepare the next generation of Canadian Armed Forces leaders. 4. Increase the capacity of the Canadian Armed Forces Leadership and Recruit School to accommodate the increased number of recruits associated with a larger force size. 3 The Chief of the Defence Staff is the authority to designate named operations. 4 This measure, which also applies to police, will be retroactive to January 1, 2017. The change requires an amendment be made to the Income Tax Act. Notice of this intent has already been given. 22