What we want to do, in response to that question, is basically establish Veterans Affairs as a centre of excellence, if you will, in terms of helping veterans and helping other departments in the exercise.
What we have learned over the last year or so is that there are many challenges for veterans who are trying to come into the public service. Those challenges can be in trying to equate skill sets that they have developed in the military and translate those skill sets to civilian employment. Some of the challenges can be as simple as, “How do I compete in a competition process in the public service?” The military promotional scheme is quite different from that in the public service.
What we are trying to do is develop a centre of excellence in this area that, at the end of the day, will help facilitate the hiring of veterans right across the public service, as well as in our own department.