I'm on the VIP, so I'm familiar with it.
For some reason, I still have to submit my receipts. Talking to other veterans—I guess in the transition period—they're still demanding the receipts. The thing I find with that program is.... For example, I have a wood-electric furnace. They won't even tolerate cleaning the chimney because it's not one of the things that's in. Looking after the garden, I have an acre of land, unfortunately. I get that looked after as far as cutting grass, etc. A housekeeper also comes in once or twice a month to really muck the house out.
There's no question that some of the veterans that I know—I know three or four in the Victoria unit—just found the whole thing so difficult, they packed it in and said, “the hell with it”. Filling out the request, the VIP application, and getting all the receipts is just a pain when they're in their eighties or getting up to 90.
Now, of course, they're saying they're going to get an allowance. I suppose what they're doing is saying, “You spent $1,200 or $1,500 last year. We're going to take that, divide it in half, and give it to you in the first six months and the other half in the next six months.” They submit it. I don't know how it's working yet.