I am pleased to address those three questions.
Before I do so, I would like to introduce my deputy minister, Ms. Marie Chaput. This is the first time I have had the privilege of being here with her, and I'm very glad to have her with me in her new endeavour today.
Regarding your question, yes, we do take care of our veterans, and we have veterans facilities. As you are well aware, we have beds that are dedicated to our Second World War veterans because at that time there was no public health system. Now we have a public health system, and we're working in partnership with them. That's why we are providing all our veterans with community beds.
The first thing that is important to understand, Ms. Mathyssen, is that whenever possible we are providing all the help and support that is necessary so that we can maintain our veterans and their families in their homes, because this is their first choice; the first priority of our veterans is to stay at home. That's why we provide them with an array of services—the veterans independence program, rehab services. We have people visiting them, and we provide them sometimes with all the devices that are needed.
That's the first part of it—