I would think, Madam, when you're looking at providing a service, if you don't evaluate the quality of the service in terms of the people who are being served.... Are we getting good value for the money we're spending? For example, the major concern we have with families and health care within the military is whether or not there is health care available to families as they go to different locations. When we see military people leaving the service in great numbers, and in fact we're not even maintaining our force, we have to ask why they're leaving. We're spending a tremendous amount of money on individuals, but are we treating in health care the whole...?
Probably, Mr. Chair, we can pursue this further, but I'm a bit taken aback by looking abstractly at a service and not wondering about the quality of the service.
I see you did complete a lot of surveys, but the real survey is the corporal or the master corporal or the sergeant or the lieutenant who is out there in the field, and we are spending some $8,600 a year in terms of that service. Is he getting the proper service to meet his needs?
Maybe, Mr. Chair, I'm outside the public accounts spectrum, but I think that is part of the answer we have to receive when we look at whether or not we get good value for the money we're putting into the system.
I've probably used a lot of my eight minutes already. How many are left?