Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Mr. Butler and Ms. Stewart. I very much appreciate your being here.
You touched a bit on what I'm about to ask when you talked about mental illness, addiction, and substance abuse. One of the things that's come to my attention through a local professor in London, Ontario, is the issue of homelessness among veterans and the fact that we were very much unaware of that for quite a long time. Now we're hearing some quite disturbing information about the number of veterans who aren't coping and they're ending up on the street or in some cases they're taking themselves into very rough lifestyles in the woods, in the bush.
I wonder if you have taken a close look at the studies, what your plans are to respond to them, and whether additional studies are needed. I'm thinking about aboriginal veterans because so very often they're overlooked.