Thank you all, for coming.
I practised emergency medicine for almost 20 years. A lot of times I went home seeing things that had upset me, but nothing consistently upset me as much as what I'm hearing in the testimony here. I am routinely going home from listening to these testimonies not in a good place, because I'm hearing what is happening to people and I know we need to do better. This is why I'm honoured to be here, to be helping to make this happen.
Ms. McLeod, you were talking about how families and caregivers often feel left out in this process. What do the families and caregivers need from Veterans Affairs to help with this?