I'll just clarify.
There's no doubt in my mind that there are local initiatives. I have met with staff across this country. There was a gentleman in Veterans Affairs, in Moncton, I believe, who brought 100 Harley-Davidson motorcycles over to show to the vets on his own initiative, on his own time, because he's a motorcycle enthusiast. That's the nature of the people I meet in these district offices. I also meet people in the district offices at all ranks who say they can't. When I visit the districts, and I visit the shelters in the districts, Mr. Chair, I see that Veterans Affairs does not have a presence. I speak to people on the shop floors as well as to directors who say they know nothing about Veterans Affairs, and they would be only too eager to effect liaison to learn more about it.
There's no doubt in my mind that there couldn't be this public controversy right now without the department somewhere doing things. What is really missing right now is a Canadian study into homeless veterans that would sort of parallel what I see in the United Kingdom and in the United States and in Australia.
I don't know if that answers the question, but I'm not exactly sure....