Mr. Chair, I'm not aware of a study that has been done on such things as the causes of homelessness. The strategy I have seen from the department assesses the situation to the degree of suggesting some “coulds” and “shoulds” that the department might do in the future. In terms of identifying the causes, first of all, on the numbers, we have informally provided mechanisms to the department to identify the numbers of homeless veterans in Canada. I suspect, and this is purely conjecture on my part, that it is perhaps not nearly as problematic as in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Australia, but I have seen nothing. We have not been able to get to the bottom of that type of thing.
It's a study of the causes of homelessness perhaps in the veterans' community in terms of facts as opposed to a strategy as to how we go ahead. These are the types of studies that were done in other countries.