We go back to CFAC, sir, early deliberations, better part of ten years ago. DND was over there, VAC was over here. You got out of the military--I use my own case as an example--and five years later I thought I had a hearing problem. I do have a hearing problem.
I went to the VAC. It took months to get these microfiche out of here, and thank God in my release medical--although I'm healthy as a horse, jumping out of airplanes, all the rest of it--the doctor had listed six different things. The VAC individual, the pension officer, asked me why I hadn't applied for all of them. That's kind of irrelevant. That's just a personal story.
But there was a long process, and part of the process that we went through in CFAC was to bring these two organizations together. Our thinking was that there would be a seamless approach from the time Bloggins or Susie joined the military until they moved into the veterans arena and then expired.
Now, a lot of people have worked very, very hard to do that. As the professor has indicated, the JPSUs are a quantum leap forward in regard to having VAC and DND working together. They work together in the OSISS committee and so forth.
So there has been a great closing of the ranks. It's even to the extent, as General Sharpe has indicated, that maybe there should be VAC individuals over in Kandahar, as an example--it's pretty secure inside the camp--because, as the chair has indicated, one of the things that Chief of Military Personnel General Semianiw and Brian Ferguson and others support is early intervention. If there's a problem with an individual who has been identified in the military, be it psychological or physical, then VAC needs to be involved right at the beginning. We don't want this big gap in which literally years and years go by.
So there has been a quantum leap forward. Is it perfect? Of course not. This is something that has to be worked on all the time.