We can say that the new generation of veterans no longer resembles the generation from 1945, the year when the right of first refusal mechanism was adopted. Personally, I am like a majority of members of the military, who do not complete their full service, and leave the forces after a decade or so.
Having myself obtained a master's degree after my service, I can tell you that private enterprise offered a much wider range of opportunities, for example in technology or innovation, than the government, which was directing us more to the Canadian Corps of Commissionaires, was doing.
I think there has to be an accreditation system for the industry, something like the ISO standard in the private sector. We could join it ourselves so that veterans didn't have to do it when they make their transition after their service. Private businesses could play that role, as we have done on our own initiative. That system would be incorporated into the Government of Canada programs.