I think we've come a long way in terms of the transition. In my area alone we work very well at the three IPSCs. I'm particularly thinking of Borden right now, where many more of our releasing members are coming through from southwestern Ontario.
Definitely now everyone gets a transition interview upon release with one of the Veterans Affairs Canada staff members who are working out of the IPSC full time on base. The reason we try to give everyone a transition interview is we recognize that if we don't look at what's going on now—you're right—seven to 10 years down the line, they find themselves homeless.
It's that slow progression of mental illness taking effect. Then they lose their job; then their family falls apart, and all that kind of stuff. We try to identify that early. You look for the key things. Have they done a special duty area? Are they suffering from physical injuries? If that's the case, then we can do two things. We can immediately apply for a disability award. Then upon release we can look at things like the rehabilitation program, getting them treatment. We can have an initial assessment of what's going on so we don't want them not to pass through us.
The other thing is that even if people don't identify—they're feeling fine and things are going well—we want to at least give them the knowledge of our programs and services, and to know if ever they feel that things aren't going well or something's changed, to give us a call. It's setting the stage for trying to fix whatever is occurring now. However, if in the future things aren't going so well, they should come back to us then. There's no time limit.