As I mentioned in my opening comments, the veterans affairs ombudsman and I have started to work together. One of the things I see happening is that things come to an end when your career ends with the Canadian Armed Forces. Then you start another episode when you start with VAC. There seems to be a hand-off, never a handover.
One thing we talked about when I was with the Veterans Affairs office, and we've also had the conversation since I've taken this new role, is that the piece that gets a Canadian Armed Forces personnel released from the military should be enough, in my opinion—it's my humble opinion, as no research has been done on this—to get a person into the VAC system. Why are there different levels? Why, if a CF medical doctor has said that this is the cause and these are the consequences of it, do we need another doctor to review these as we move forward?
So I think there is a lot of work we can do together there. That's why the Veterans Ombudsman and I will be working on trying to move forward that part of the file.