Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Good to have you here, Minister, and Deputy Minister as well.
It would seem that unnecessarily complicating things is what sets standards for psychiatric service dogs back. One of your assistants tweeted on April 19, “There was no consensus on a new standard for all service dogs, so instead we're going to work with stakeholders on psychiatric service specific ones,” as he put it, so that “veterans with PTSD have access—as quickly as possible”.
Minister, I'm wondering if you're aware of the extensive research, specifically on service dogs, that's going on at both universities in Saskatchewan, with Audeamus, a veterans group. It stands for “May we dare”. Really high-quality testing and research is going on. Are you planning to include them and their work in determining these standards? The level of standards here is phenomenal. Plus, these individuals working on this are providing these dogs free of charge to veterans. They're of the highest quality. Are you aware of them, and are you planning to incorporate them?