Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. I hope that you can understand me. I have two or three brief questions for you because I would like to have a few more details.
Earlier, someone mentioned education programs, specifically something that you called the "Montgomery GI Bill". Could you give me a few more details about that? I understand that it is an education program intended for veterans, as well as for their dependents and those who survive them.
Here in Canada, we do not have quite the same kind of program. In some cases, we have employment protection, at least, we are going to. Soldiers going overseas have employment protection for two years. That is not in effect yet, but it is coming. There are also support programs for returning soldiers. This, of course, is the medical support that we have been talking about all through the session.
I would like to hear about your experience. What do you mean by education programs? Are the programs specific—because a lot of soldiers have professions or trades? I would like to know what you mean when you say education programs.