Veterans Affairs committee  Yes. We've been knocking on doors for about two and a half to three years for this. We have met with Veterans Affairs a number of times. We have met with members of DND. We've gone from members of the committee to talking to former CMPs. We've been around the horn.

Veterans Affairs committee  The reception is equivalent to something a friend of mine used to say, “Everybody believes in global warming, but not one of them wants to buy a Prius”—

Veterans Affairs committee  This is basically it. Everybody thinks it's a great idea and then they turn around and look at the next person to see who's going to open up the wallet.

Veterans Affairs committee  That's correct.

Veterans Affairs committee  The number that we have socialized takes an initial $1.7 million to set it up and then $400,000 a year to maintain the system. Maintenance of the system is required to make sure that we keep the skills, ranks, and duties up to date. For instance, 10 years ago there was no such

Veterans Affairs committee  There are a number of organizations, like True Patriot Love and Canada Company, that do provide the basis for getting people ready for transition, but unfortunately, it's after they leave. The skills translator is one of those tools that we can use to help augment the services t

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you. Mr. Chair, members of the committee, thank you for inviting us here today to share our recommendations on enhancing transition services for our veterans. My name is Scott Byrne, and I'm the director of Monster Government Solutions strategy and client management with

Finance committee  Monster's role is basically to adapt an existing algorithm to meet the Canadian Forces' needs. Every armed force has different ranks and different military occupation codes, and therefore it's not just something you can just plug in the Canadian values to. What we would have to d

Finance committee  Yes, it is a contract.

Finance committee  It is a for-profit contract. As a publicly traded company we have a responsibility to our stakeholders and our shareholders to make money when we do business. However, we believe that this is a very noble cause and we owe it to our veterans to tie back to this. And not only that,

Finance committee  The cost would be $1.7 million, which would be the upfront cost, which would be the configuration, due diligence, and getting it into place within, our estimation is, six to nine months subject to due diligence. And then on an ongoing basis after that it would be $400,000 per yea

Finance committee  Mr. Chair, members of the committee, thank you for inviting me here today. Monster Government Solutions is here to help an important and vital subset of the Canadian public: veterans and Canadian Forces service members who wish to transition to civilian life. Recommendation 32