National Defence committee  The annual report is the other one. Our annual report absolutely is available.

National Defence committee  We don't answer to her.

National Defence committee  It's usually a need that's recognized by sometimes the chain of command. They come to us and say, “I really need day care, because I'm losing people left, right, and centre.” Then we go out and raise the funds to provide that service to them.

National Defence committee  We are normally able to do that. Some of us are incredibly fortunate to have our local military leadership kick in and support us. It's incredibly difficult to fundraise. You tell people that you're not National Defence and you're not federal and you're not this and why you're

National Defence committee  I can just talk very briefly. All of the sailors get telephone cards, and I'm pretty sure the army does, too. We have video conferencing facilities with Afghanistan, with Kandahar, so all the members can just book a time. Families can come in 24 hours a day, seven days a week a

National Defence committee  In 2006-07, only 55% of my overall budget was from the military family services. I had a $220,000 shortfall this year in my funding application.

National Defence committee  All I can say is that it's not across the board. In Halifax we have probably one of the most incredible relationships with our chain of command. We have a tremendous military leadership there. Unfortunately for some of my colleagues across the country, their chain of command....

National Defence committee  I can only speak anecdotally, I can't speak from fact. Perhaps one of my other colleagues can speak a little bit more to that. No? Anecdotal information is all we have. We know that there definitely is deployment fatigue. We've heard the term, and we've seen families quite fr

National Defence committee  I don't have the facts. I would hate to mislead you.

National Defence committee  Can either of you answer that? I can't.

National Defence committee  My presentation today is entitled “Strength through Partnership.” I'm Colleen Calvert, director of the military family resource centre in Halifax and region. We have the largest family resource centre in Canada, serving most of Nova Scotia except the South Shore and valley. It'

Veterans Affairs committee  I would say about 85% is salary, and it's because of my day cares. I have 175-space day cares. This is something we're not mandated to provide, but because of the needs of the community, we've been forced to put it in place. So it's almost all towards salaries.

Veterans Affairs committee  At least, yes.

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes.

Veterans Affairs committee  Absolutely, we get some support.