I can comment on the research, and maybe Russ and Debbie can add to this, as well.
I think there are good intentions. One of the challenges occurs when both the Department of Defence and Veterans Affairs try to handle the whole issue by themselves, when we already have community services, mental health services, counselling services, and supports that could be relied on if they had the appropriate training and awareness. I think, from our perspective, there are some good things happening.
To follow up on the previous question, what may be happening that's great in one part of the country isn't necessarily known in another. Trying to translate and mobilize that experience, as well as that knowledge, is critically important. We're getting better at it, but I think that's an area where we need better collaboration, co-operation, and partnership with community, and better sharing of information so that nobody has to duplicate services, nobody is competing for scarce resources, and where we can pool our energy, our experience, and our knowledge.
We learn from Debbie and her crew all the time. From Vanier's perspective, it's not just taking Debbie's experience working with homeless veterans to our military initiative, but it's also taking her experience into the world of homelessness outside of the military. There's an enormous amount of knowledge that Debbie is gathering that can be taken to other segments of the community dealing with other elements. What Debbie is learning on mental health issues and vets, we can then take to homelessness and mental illness somewhere else. It gives us a wonderful opportunity with this relationship.