It's a great question, Mr. Chair.
We define “a population served”, and we constantly look for ways to be inclusive in that definition. The first and foremost is that you are a direct family member of a serving member; we do not distinguish between regular or reserve. The condition of receiving service is that your challenge or your issue is created by the condition of the military lifestyle.
On top of that, we were able to successfully expand the population served to provide, in perpetuity, support to families of the fallen. That's under Shoulder to Shoulder, a program of care to families of the fallen, so that they can feel connected to our community and continue to come and seek, even a simple social connection or social support. It might be to have more important follow-on support in the community and a referral. We would welcome other family members. We do direct support to parents because we consider them as part of the family, and they're included in the population served.
I hesitate...because we have two departments, National Defence and Veterans Affairs. I'll be heading to Charlottetown next week to discuss some of the ways we can work better together to serve families of serving and former members. But I'm not in a position at this point to talk about how we could extend beyond what I've just described.