Thank you. I certainly think that one very positive thing is the fact that now we finally realize that veterans don't transition by themselves. The families transition with them. I welcome this change of having veterans now being able to access family resource centres. Certainly, in my visits throughout Canada and all the bases I make a point of visiting the family resource centre, and I find that they are very open to looking at veterans' issues and helping them transition. Again, I think the important aspect there is that people don't always leave the family resource centre where they were actually serving last. For instance, a lot of people may be serving in Ottawa but they may be retiring in a community near another family resource centre. That's the opportunity now to go in to have information on this particular area when it comes to education, benefits for children, employment opportunities, and that sort of thing. Certainly I would expect that the government will continue, with Veterans Affairs and DND working together, to broaden the access and the integration of services in family resource centres to families as well.
I think an important aspect to realize as well is that this family caregiver benefit is one of the few benefits that people can now access in their own right, which was not possible before for caregivers who were family members.
One last thing, too, is this funding for research on what will benefit both military members and families will also certainly provide an opportunity to do something for families of transitioning members.