Thank you, Chair.
Thank you to the department for coming. For those who are online and joining us, thank you very much.
We've spent a lot of time listening to some very heartbreaking stories. I'm sure you watch the videos. I'm sure you've seen or witnessed what we've seen and what we've heard.
This past summer in the city of Moose Jaw, the food bank was threatened with closing down because there was a lack of donations and because the cost of food is increasing. People have less to give. The financial donations weren't going as far, because the cost of food has gone up. What we're also seeing, not only in the city of Moose Jaw but across Canada, is the increased use of food banks. We know that to be so for a lot of veterans, and in fact for a lot of serving members in the military.
My question that comes to you is this: How do you track the number of veterans using the food banks? Do you have something in place to track the number of veterans who are using food banks or have to rely on food banks?