Thank you for being here today to assist us in trying to put programs and services in place for the veterans community so we can assist our veterans.
You're obviously very closely connected to your work, as you've mentioned. One part of your opening comments dealt with the stigma, and we've heard from other witnesses that this is one of the larger issues attached to this. You also mentioned in your opening comments that an initiative called the mental health awareness campaign was taken in the summer of 2009. Can you outline the components of that program?
I'd also ask you for your thoughts and views on what we might do in addition to that, and perhaps have you do a bit of forward thinking, in the sense that we're here to work for the veterans to make sure they get the services they need. Of course, our military personnel are tomorrow's veterans. So what are the proactive things we might consider as a committee in moving forward to help those veterans?