Thank you very much, sir. It's great to see you again.
The adjudication process involves membership from several unions. The vast majority of our employees at Veterans Affairs come from the Public Service Alliance of Canada, and in Veterans Affairs they are referred to as the Union of Veteran Affairs Employees, and that's who Virginia Vaillancourt represents.
That is the majority of our employees, and for the most part, they are performing functions in adjudication such as administrative decision-making. That is to say that a veteran might present with a straightforward injury such as musculoskeletal, ankle, knee, hip, or back, or hearing and tinnitus. It's a straightforward situation; there's a table of disabilities, and they're able to make decisions.
At the same time, there are many veterans who present with more complex injuries, and therefore the case would have to be considered by a medical professional. Medical professionals are covered by a different union, and I believe that is the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada, and the acronym is PIPSC. There are also payments made to veterans, and that is the union that represents the financial officers. There is another union that has occupational therapists and another union with lawyers from the legal profession.
This is a multi-faceted team that comes together to make the decisions in terms of adjudication. With regard to the UVAE, they are prominent members of that pan-professional team.
I'll go back to you, sir.