That's correct. That is actually happening today. There was an announcement last week in my home province of New Brunswick.... In fact, in my opening remarks I referred to one of these facilities going off-base into the community. It's still a factor. Sadly, we still haven't accepted mental illness as a disease. But we are doing that early intervention and working with DND very closely, so that when it's recognized, it's dealt with earlier. Of course, that's the secret; early intervention is the secret. We're having great successes in those areas. From what I know—and I don't pretend to be an expert in that area—I'm really encouraged by what the Department of National Defence is doing in cooperation with our department in recognizing early intervention and how we can work to avoid a bigger problem down the road.
In my talks with Roméo Dallaire.... He's really pleased. You understand his own personal story. I think every Canadian probably recognizes him as a hero. He has been very open, and he has probably done more for that type of ailment than any Canadian I know of. As I've said, and I repeat this, he sees what we're doing in cooperation with DND as probably the best system in the world now. We have the facilities across the country. Part of Ste. Anne's, which is examining best practices across the country and across the world, will be training a lot of our people who will eventually go into the field.
I think we're not only ahead of where we were, but I think we're ahead of most of the western world in terms of how we're dealing with it. Again, I think we can take a lot of pride in Veterans Affairs Canada for our lead in that.