Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Jenifer and Claude, for being here today. I appreciate you sharing your personal story.
As colleagues had mentioned, you're in a very stressful situation. It brings a whole new meaning to your marriage—in sickness and in health. There's strength in that, as you mentioned. In many cases it can tear a relationship apart. In this case, I hope it continues to brings you closer together, you and your family.
I know from personal experience—with three daughters, one of them was just diagnosed with a mental illness, and it was very stressful on the family—that once you have the diagnosis, you can deal with some sort of direction. Obviously in July you got that direction, and you can work towards having a reasonable quality of life that I hope only improves with time.
I just wanted to follow up on the aspect of being a new member; as Mr. Gaudet had mentioned, he's new to the committee as well. My understanding is that this committee had heard from other witnesses, as Mr. Stoffer said, on the PTSD issue, and they have tabled the report, and our government is, I'm hoping, to have some positive changes in the new year.
With regard to the veterans independence program, have you had any involvement with helping other veterans or any involvement with the program at all?