Good afternoon, everybody.
I'd like to call the meeting to order. Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motion adopted on February 6, 2017, the committee is resuming its comparative study of services to veterans in other jurisdictions.
Today, we have a one-hour panel, including a 10-minute statement via video conference from Wellington, New Zealand.
Via video conference we have Ms. Mackenzie, the head of Veterans' Affairs New Zealand; Ms. Povey, manager of veterans' services; Colonel Clare Bennett, chief mental health officer, New Zealand Defence Force; and Steve Mullins, director of integrated wellness, New Zealand Defence Force.
We'll start with a statement by the group and then we'll go into questions.
Welcome, everybody.
Thank you for taking time via video conference from New Zealand. Hopefully today we can get some knowledge of some issues about services for your veterans, the men and women who have served.
We'll open up the panel now for your 10 minutes, and we'll go from there.
Thank you.