Veterans Affairs committee  For me, there are two game-changers. I'll stick to two because everybody mentioned the one you heard me talk about here before. First, there's the veterans emergency fund. I think that's the one that has made the biggest difference on the ground. I can actually direct a veteran

Veterans Affairs committee  The backlog, period. The first issue the committee decided to tackle was the backlog. I think that's wonderful. We are open to every effort. We want to get to the bottom of the problem. We are serious about it, and we have set money aside to do just that. It remains our biggest

Veterans Affairs committee  I was the co-chair. I've turned it over. SEAG met this week. I'm not aware of the other ones. I'm not involved with them. I'm not sure—

Veterans Affairs committee  Mental health is meeting next week.

Veterans Affairs committee  The chairs are behind us.

Veterans Affairs committee  I don't know, but we can get back to you.

Veterans Affairs committee  Absolutely. In Quebec right now, we aren't having too much trouble on the recruiting side, for one reason or another. Finding candidates doesn't pose a challenge, but we do have a plan. We are always recruiting. As the deputy minister mentioned, the reality is we lose 12% of ou

Veterans Affairs committee  That's right. They are in training. We are always recruiting, and we always have people in training. In Alberta, we used to have trouble keeping people. We also had trouble filling certain positions, but Dr. Courchesne worked incredibly hard to fix that. At one time, we were hav

Veterans Affairs committee  There are a few reasons that might explain it. First, the situations are more complex. In the past, we didn't fully understand the consequences that wearing the equipment could have on a woman's body, for example. I began my career in customs, and I wore a bulletproof vest, wh

Veterans Affairs committee  I'll let Rick answer the one on the still serving personnel. We are looking. We need to remember, though, that while the person is still serving, although they are in the same process, they are getting some of the best medical help in the world, and they're getting their treatmen

Veterans Affairs committee  I don't have it in front of me, but yes, and we work with the CFO in our estimates all the time.

Veterans Affairs committee  Can we have an estimate?

Veterans Affairs committee  In the past, the province would steal from us. Right now, we're stealing from Alberta. The reason is the salary difference in Alberta. A social worker makes more than the federals, probably the only province in the country, but with the economic situation in Alberta, some of thes

Veterans Affairs committee  We need to be careful. We've hired some French adjudicators, and that has now greatly improved.

Veterans Affairs committee  We've hired them in Montreal and francophone communities. In the case of women, their cases are usually a little more complex. We're still digging into that. I was briefed on it this week. Initially, I did not think there was really a difference, because I didn't think we were c