I'd like to begin by welcoming you to the committee. I would also like to make it very clear that I thank you for what you do for serving members. I think your service is a wonderful resource for serving members.
You've said several times today yourself in your presentation that you don't have the mandate for this or you don't have the mandate for that. Unfortunately, this committee doesn't have the mandate to deal with defence issues, and what you've brought to the committee today are strictly defence issues.
I have a deep-seated need to support all military, whether they're veterans or not, but I also have the responsibility to focus on veterans issues. I'm not sure whether there's anything at all that you could relay to us regarding veterans today, because you made it very clear in your presentation that you only deal with today's serving members.
The other issue I heard you raise is day care, which is a provincial issue that we have no jurisdiction over either.
So is there anything you're aware of from your experiences that you could shed some light on for this committee regarding veterans issues?