Veterans Affairs committee  Currently, it is not. The committee came together for a specific purpose. It was called the Veterans Affairs Canada and Canadian Forces advisory committee. It had the six veterans organizations on it to provide it advice on the best way to handle the needs of the modern-day veteran.

Veterans Affairs committee  Can I correct my answer to the previous question? We also have a very strong relationship with the War Amps, who assist veterans with amputations to get service from us as well. I didn't want to forget them.

Veterans Affairs committee  We've tried to build as much of it as possible into the ongoing operations of service delivery so that it's not something that's detached from the operation, if I might put it that way. We have obviously the departmental communications function, and one of the products they produce for us is the Salute!

Veterans Affairs committee  That's a separate initiative that does evaluation. It's run, really, out of our central corporate planning operation. The client satisfaction survey that we referred to—the one that said 84%—is run out of our corporate planning shop. They use a tool called a common measurement tool, which was developed for government use a few years ago.

Veterans Affairs committee  We have the responsibility under the new Veterans Charter to ensure that job placement activity is successful. We work with other departments in that area to ensure that we collaborate on job placement opportunities, but we have the fundamental responsibility to ensure that the job placement activities occur, including assistance with job finding, training, and other things that might be helpful.

Veterans Affairs committee  Our understanding—and correct me if I'm wrong, Ken—is that the charter design provides us with that, so we think the design is solid.

Veterans Affairs committee  I'll ask Ken if he has any stats on that. If we don't, we'll endeavour to get them for you.

Veterans Affairs committee  It's not going to be a big effort to find that information.

Veterans Affairs committee  Well, it's those, plus every province. The Royal Canadian Legion provides services directly to veterans as well, to assist veterans with disability awards and pension applications, so they're part of the delivery mechanism for us. They handle a percentage of the total claims coming through the system.

Veterans Affairs committee  It's in the legislation and regulations. If the individual is cognitively impaired, cannot be retrained, and is permanently disabled, the right for training and job placement would devolve to the spouse.

Veterans Affairs committee  When they got that award under the old system, they got a pension. Under the new system, they'd get an award. Under the old system, it was all they got. Under the new system, they also have protection for lost earnings. In other words, they are eligible if the injuries require that they go into rehabilitation.

Veterans Affairs committee  That determination is made after a period of time. They're guaranteed to receive 75% until they're 65. They then get an additional retirement supplement of 2% of their earnings from the earnings-lost benefit, during that period of time, to compensate for the fact that they're unable to contribute to a pension plan.

Veterans Affairs committee  He would get 2%. I don't know. We'd have to look at the circumstances.

Veterans Affairs committee  I want to be absolutely technically clear on the response, so I'll ask Ken if he has anything to add on how it works at age 65.

Veterans Affairs committee  How many were approved?