Thank you, Chair.
I can't thank all five of you enough for your presentations today. With the presentations and the feedback we're receiving, it will be extremely helpful for our committee to put a report in place that will help veterans. I just can't say enough. To each and every one of you, thank you very much for that information.
As you know, the population of Nova Scotia has the highest ratio of active and retired military in the country. Sometimes people forget that, but we have very high numbers. In my riding of Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook, it's the highest yet. We have here today what I call team Canada, or team Nova Scotia, I should say. We have Dr. MacKinnon, Mr. White and Dr. Whelan, all three very important individuals, to support the veterans in our communities. How they help each other is just amazing. I know the connections between Heather in her work as a doctor supporting.... I can't say enough about you, Heather. Every time I listen to you, I'm just amazed by the things that you're doing. Mr. White and the support that you're giving, 24/7.... I think of the support that individuals but also VETS Canada provide. Dr. Whelan, the research is so important, and there's a link between all of you for that research, and that's why I think we're able to find some solutions as we move forward.
Dr. Whelan, very quickly, you talked about 40% of the veterans being invested in their treatments while 60% are not. Why is the number who are not invested so high and what can we do to change that?