Mr. Chairman, may I have one moment on this question? As the largest national provider of funding for service dogs in Canada, we just graduated our hundredth service dog at a ceremony right here on Parliament Hill. I can tell you the testimonials of the veterans who have service dogs. I have two lovely shelties at home and they keep me company. They're wonderful pets, but they're not service dogs.
We are all familiar with what a service dog for the blind is; it helps the person see. The service dog is in tune with how the veteran is feeling, how the veteran's anxiety level is, and what the triggers are. They are working towards very robust national standards. We're happy that the Department of Veterans Affairs has commissioned Dr. Aiken and her team to do the study, and we look forward to the results of the study. But we can say, from our point of view, that we wouldn't have funded it if we hadn't seen that it was very effective.