Considerable progress has been made on the establishment of representative associations for officers and enlisted personnel of the Permanent Defence Force. When the arrangements in that regard have been finalised and some experience gained regarding the operation of the new system the question of appropriate arrangements for the Reserve Defence Force will be examined.
In that connection, however, I should say that the rates of pay of the FCA while on annual training are the same as those applicable to the Permanent Defence Force and all increases for the latter are automatically extended to the FCA.