We are going to open the nine offices that were closed under the previous administration. We're also going to open up a Surrey location, where we're finding a cohort of veterans who are finding their way to that region. We identified that as an area of support. Also, we had no ability to service the north, which we are going to be doing. I can tell you that I'm working very closely with Minister Foote on this to engage her early on in getting our offices open. Obviously this will take some time, but I can tell you that we're actively engaged on this and we're looking at plans to reopen them as soon as possible.
On the hiring of front-line staff, we know that we have to ensure they have the ability to interact with veterans and to connect them to the services they need. Going back, we have some expertise in this. We have offices in other areas and we're looking at what they're doing as a best practice model. That will continue in my work with Minister Sajjan.
The hiring of the service delivery staff has already begun. We're gone a great way down that path. We've hired 183 people to date, 72 of whom are case managers, and we're continuing to go through that hiring process to ensure our veterans get the care, the help, and the support they need, when and where they need it.