Veterans Affairs committee  I will actually yield the floor to Mr. Blackwolf.

Veterans Affairs committee  The advisory committee was created largely because of the Pascal Lacoste case. Unfortunately, the party currently in power has already concluded that there is no link between depleted uranium and that individual's health condition. A committee was created, but the current government has already concluded, through Minister Blaney, that there is no link.

Veterans Affairs committee  It's more general advocacy. What we do is help our soldiers and veterans gain access to various services and provide a second voice to what they may have said, which may or may not correspond to the actual regulations that are in place. We help any organization or any member of any organization access services.

Veterans Affairs committee  It's a bit of doing what Veterans Affairs Canada or the Government of Canada should be doing, which is to be much more proactive in helping veterans. We are helping to ensure that the soldiers and the veterans get access to what they're entitled to.

Veterans Affairs committee  Absolutely.

Veterans Affairs committee  It's very simple. I started being an advocate in 2005, and between 2005 and 2010, my files were accessed 4,380 times. That includes not only Veterans Affairs Canada. There were breaches with the complicity of the Department of National Defence and Veterans Affairs Canada. There's a direct relationship between being an advocate and outspoken and critical of the government in place, whichever one it is, and their relationship in getting my privacy breached.