Veterans Affairs committee  That's correct.

Veterans Affairs committee  The veteran. Once it goes to court, the veteran is responsible.

Veterans Affairs committee  No. The way it would generally work, Mr. Chair, is that a case could go to the Federal Court. The person would not be represented by the Bureau of Pensions Advocates before the Federal Court. In fact, the court normally would either agree with the decision of the review and appea

Veterans Affairs committee  Funding is not the issue. Homelessness is very complex, as you know. We have our case managers available all across Canada, and I know, for example...I've met with Mr. Lowther in Halifax. I went to Halifax to see him. He's doing wonderful work. His team and my team in Halifax wo

Veterans Affairs committee  First of all, there are no time limits on services that are available to veterans as it relates to the rehabilitation program. With many of these people, and I have been to Toronto and other places across the country, and some of these people, sadly, are suffering from addictio

Veterans Affairs committee  I'll start off. There has been considerable discussion this afternoon about the veterans ID card, and I can tell you that we are working with the chief of military personnel staff on that by trying to make a.... Right now at Veterans Affairs we work with a Veterans Affairs number

Veterans Affairs committee  It's really a couple of things, in terms of stakeholders. Certainly the Department of National Defence is a big stakeholder. I co-chair a committee with Rear-Admiral Smith at the strategic level. We had a meeting with stakeholders recently—I'm trying to think back now—in February

Veterans Affairs committee  Mr. Chair, with regard to the new Veterans Charter and overall government expenditures, as was noted here on Tuesday afternoon, with the tabling of supplementary estimates (C) and the main estimates, there's been a continual increase in the budget of the Department of Veterans Af

Veterans Affairs committee  I don't have the numbers off the top of my head. They were tabled on Tuesday afternoon. But it's been many millions of dollars, particularly with regard to Bill C-55, which came into effect last fall, and in fact increased the amounts of money for those most injured. So there hav

Veterans Affairs committee  Mr. Chair, I would suggest that it's not adversarial. I think it's important to note that while a lawyer is provided to the veteran, the lawyer and the veteran would appear before the appeal board, but the department does not put up a defence. It is not adversarial, the way you w

Veterans Affairs committee  It's generally in excess of 20,000.

Veterans Affairs committee  It is in the range, normally, of 73% to 74%.

Veterans Affairs committee  No, they're not set aside. Maybe I'll just explain. When somebody makes an application for a disability award or a disability pension, for example, those who are successful with the first application are in the 73% to 74% range. After that, once the person is notified that they

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes.

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes.