Thank you so much for being here. Everything that you bring to the table is extremely helpful, especially as most of us are new to this committee and have a lot to absorb.
As we hear from different people, there are two things that really stand out for me today. I come from a province that is fairly rural, especially my riding, and there is a lot of conversation here about meeting the needs of all of our veterans. My veterans are often far apart, being a fair distance away from any kind of direct interaction as far as offices and care and those types of things are concerned.
We were talking about long-term care and palliative care in our country. Right now this is a huge topic in our government, particularly how we in this country have dropped the ball pretty well across the board on that. We believe it should have been a significantly higher priority in general. However, as it applies to our veterans, when it comes to our small communities in Saskatchewan and long-term care facilities, it's a different dynamic.
How would you suggest that we take care of our veterans? Is it best to let them decide where they want to go, or to have specific places where veterans would know there would be more veterans if they went there? How would that best be handled?
I don't know who would like to respond to that question.