Mr. Chair, I'll start at the basics.
According to Stats Canada, there are about 700,000 veterans who are alive in Canada today. At Veterans Affairs, we provide services to 208,000 individuals. Of that, 135,000 are veterans, i.e., veterans of the Second World War, the Korean War, or post-Korea conflicts. The difference between the 208,000 and the 135,000 is about 10,000 RCMP officers, and the rest are survivors. For the most part, they are widows of Second World War veterans who were able to take advantage of the government program that allowed, in certain circumstances, for widows to continue getting the home services of VIP after the death of the veteran. So if you look at that 135,000 figure, these are people who wore a uniform and served Canada. Of that number, 7,000 are people who have higher needs. These are the people who have case management. These could typically be someone with a series of psychological and physical injuries, or one or the other. Of that number, the 90% that's referred to are post-Korea veterans. This ties in with the closing of offices and putting more people on Canadian Armed Forces bases.