We believe they do the GBA+, but we don't know how well it's done. If they published it, we could look at it. It would be transparent, and women veterans could see it. I think it would go a long way to improving women's sense of confidence that the department is looking to meet their needs. It's about perception as well. That is why we consistently ask for those analyses to be published.
The second part of your question was with respect to that survey. When I joined the Canadian Forces, I remember my first posting. It was to CFB Gagetown. I was a young officer, and my boss told me to join the officers' wives club. I went there and thought I had nothing in common with those women. They were the wives of the people I work with, and I was a peer of their husbands. I never went back.
I can't believe that today, 40 years later, in the survey VAC does for their clients—because they survey the families of veterans—they will group the answers from all the women. If you're a spouse, a widow or a woman veteran, you just get lumped together. To me, that's not right. We may be spouses or we may be widows, but we are women veterans. Our voice needs to be heard as a distinct group.