Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I want to thank both Colonel Blais and Colonel Mann for coming in today. I appreciate all the work that you're doing and that all the personnel under your command are doing with our military families, as well as what they're doing with our members of the Canadian armed forces who are in the JPSU. I had the privilege of talking with some members of the JPSU over the last week and to some of their family members as well. I can tell you that spouses are appreciative of the support they're getting through military family services.
There's one concern that was brought up to me from a family standpoint. They understand that they don't always have access to consistent medical care across the country and that it changes from base to base, and I know that it's a concern having to find a family doctor again and reintegrate into a new community. One of the concerns that did come up was on the training side of it. You know how we offer training to members of the JPSU and those who are transitioning out so that they can go out and get new courses. One of the issues that was brought forward that I think we may want to talk about and discuss is this: what if that member of the Canadian armed forces is not going to be able to work and the breadwinner is going to be the spouse? What can we do to help that spouse and their education aspirations in order to gain better employment to support their families?