Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I would like to say very clearly to you that you do indeed do a remarkable job with not enough resources. It's painfully clear that there simply is not enough in terms of the resources that we should have in place to look after the many veterans.
I want to come back to numbers. You said there are 250 case managers and about 40 clients, veterans, per case manager. That is 10,000 veterans who are receiving help and support. Now, in light of the fact that there are 217,000 veterans, is it enough? How can you manage? How can these folks possibly deliver the service that they want to deliver?
On the second part of the question, last spring—and I know absolutely, because I saved the Hansard—we were assured that when the cuts came there would be no cuts to front-line workers, that there would be no cuts in regard to these case managers, yet I've just heard you say that 75 case managers were cut. So we have a significant number of veterans, 10,000 who are in desperate need, and if we look at the stats, 55% are affected with a combination of mental and physical health problems. That's 5,500 veterans—30% with physical conditions, which is 3,000, and 15% with mental health conditions. Those are very demanding needs.
How do you manage it all with the cuts to case managers, with the reality that there are great demands on the system?