Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. It's always a pleasure to be back at the veterans affairs committee.
It's nice to see all the witnesses. It's nice to see you, Ms. Douglas and General.
I have a number of questions, but I'm going to try to limit them.
I would like to inform my friend Mr. Fraser that more than 300 of the people he referred to as being hired were hired when I was minister, including 146 in Atlantic Canada who would serve his region. I know that they're working hard to try to help our veterans and get the wait times down.
My question is about the recent contract to a company named Agilec on the transition front. What is funny about this is that I've worked on transition of veterans probably more than anyone else in the country for over 10 years as a member of Treble Victor, as a volunteer, and as a mentor.
I also represent part of the city of Oshawa, so when I heard that an Oshawa-based company got that award, I was happy but puzzled, because I'd never heard of them before. Certainly I was familiar with Canada Company. Then a CBC report said that they are well known for ties to the Ontario Liberal government. That certainly caused me concern, because transition is critical.
My question is this. Were there any veterans involved at Agilec in its submission, and how many veterans are employed by that company to run this program?