I thank you, firstly, for your service. I know that you spent a good deal of your life in uniform and in service of Canada.
We have made significant investments, as you know, in recent years with respect to the legacy of care program. I would dare say that the Department of National Defence and that of Veterans Affairs Canada have never been more lashed up when it comes to both the delivery of the service and the important transition that occurs in a person's life when they make the decision to leave the Canadian Forces for any number of reasons. One of those reasons, sadly, can be as a result of injury suffered either in operations or in training, or simply the wear and tear that very much comes from the physical contributions that members of the Canadian Forces make.
We made the decision some years ago to improve both the amount and the delivery of services to the Canadian Forces members. We've made significant investments in treatment.
With respect to the delivery of those services, I would point to the joint personnel support units that are now found right across the country, most often located on Canadian Forces bases. Those are designed, as you know, to bring together all of the various services in one locale to present, I guess, what's tantamount to one-stop shopping—that is, where a veteran or a family member or a serving member can go to find the right program or the right service for them.
We've also intended to and we have increased mental health counselling and the number of mental health providers within the Canadian Forces. This is a very important change and addition, given those who are suffering post-traumatic stress and those who need that counselling.
That's in addition to the important work that our chaplains do. Our military chaplains have, in recent years in particular, taken on a significant role when it comes to assisting members of the Canadian Forces and their families.
We have also enhanced the programs that are designed to support those who have been severely or grievously injured as a result of their service.
These are some of the programs we have implemented during our time in office. I think it's fair to say, and I believe most Canadians would agree, that you can never do enough. You can never, in some cases, replace what has been lost as a result of military service. Yet we do our very best to deliver that each and every time to our veterans.
I commend those in particular who are at the delivery end, who are working daily in hospitals, in counselling sessions, in those joint personnel support units, and working with Veterans Canada to see that those services are there and are available when they're needed.