Thank you, Mr. Trost.
One of the issues we've had over and over again, and one of the issues we're trying to deal with, is the inability to transfer information between DND and VAC, because the Privacy Act has been getting in the way. It's not DND's fault and it's not VAC's fault, per se.
A couple of solutions—we're also working on a bill to hopefully deal with it—are to treat DND and VAC, for the purposes of the Privacy Act, as one department so that there is no wall between them. Some do get a copy, apparently, and some don't. I didn't, and I know many, many others who didn't. I got a copy of my medical files by accident. That was the only reason. But I've talked to many people who didn't get their files. It's not mandated that they get it.
Part of the changes would be to mandate that the person is proactively offered a copy of their medical file. The original has to stay with DND.