Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to the panel for coming out today.
This is part of a discussion we've been having for quite some time about not only VIP but also post-traumatic stress. In the midst of it, we've brought in an ombudsman for veterans, which this country has never had. It was one of those gaps in services for our veterans that has now been filled, I guess you might say. So we're thankful, and we know that they also are thankful for that.
Things sometimes get to the point where veterans have issues in terms of getting services. I think we all agree that we have to, that we need to, quite honestly in government at all levels--I can't speak for the provinces, but I have to make some assumptions about federal, and I was involved municipally--make things less complicated for people in terms of forms. We need to continue to try to improve on what we do to simplify, to make forms understandable, to not just try to prove to people how bright we think we are by developing these complex forms.
Mr. Shaw, I very much appreciated your presentation, along with your nice lingo and language.
Can you tell me, is there a coordination of recommendations? When we talk about veterans, we talk about veterans in Canada, but there are veterans around the world, especially in our free and democratic countries. Is there a coordination--of communication, of packaging, of what works best--across borders?