Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to all the folks who are here testifying.
If I could speak with you first, Dr. Passey.... First of all, I don't have a copy of the brief. I'm assuming that it's going through translation, but I just want to make sure that we do get that at some point.
One of the things that you talked about was how long the claims are taking to be approved. What I've heard from multiple veterans is that it's starting to feel to them like they're applying to insurance where they're being forced to prove in great detail repetitively, again and again, what the challenges are and what they're facing. It doesn't feel like a service provision where you go and say, “I served the country. Here I am on this side. What can we do to make my life work with all of the challenges that I have?”
Of course, we hear from both caregivers and veterans that they're often retelling their stories again and again, how frustrating that is because it feels like no one on the other side knows, and how it is retraumatizing, especially for some folks, some of the veterans who have huge psychological issues. This can mean a couple of weeks of the caregiver's having to give a higher level of support.
I'm just wondering if you could talk about that and the impact that it has—because it is a study on caregivers. What is the impact on the caregivers, and how does that impact, in turn, the veteran?