Well, one of the biggest differences between our system and the American system is that in the American system they rely on veterans hospitals to deliver the health care, while in our system we depend on the universal health care system to deliver most of the services—not all of the services—to our veteran clients. So there's a fundamental difference between how they deliver their service and how we deliver ours.
We committed ourselves to the Afghan mission in 2002. I don't know the breakdown off the top of my head. You're saying that most, if not all, of the casualties are a result of the last three years. I'm not sure if that statistic is correct or not; it very well could be correct. But the truth is that we have responded, I think, very positively to the number of men and women and their families who need our support. And, again, we had unanimous support in the House of Commons for the changes we brought about.
I think the numbers are what we pretty well predicted they would be. Obviously, as we go forward into 2011...we never know how the world is going to unfold as we approach that date, but Veterans Affairs is prepared. The client base has been pretty predictable, and we put the financial resources into the department to deal with it.
