Thank you very much, Chair and committee members, for having us here.
My colleagues, Brenda and Doug, will provide an introductory briefing on the new Veterans Charter, as you begin your examination of this. The briefing will be about the policy foundation of the charter, its content, the outcomes we've had to date, and possibly the future.
It's a privilege for me to introduce Doug Clorey, Director of Mental Health Policy, and Brenda MacCormack, Director of the New Veterans Charter Program.
Brenda will give a brief oral overview of the deck material that you have been sent. I hope that's been distributed, Mr. Chair. Then Doug will talk briefly about the mental health aspect of it.
So if I can, Mr. Chair, I'll turn this over to Brenda.