Thank you for the question. I find that $140 million surprising.
I didn't talk about myself during the opening five minutes. I'm in my office. I work in the provincial public service here, in Alberta, but, for four years of my life, I did not work. I lost both my parents during COVID and have recently tried to come back just for mental health—for support. As I mentioned on the front end, you can have bad days and good days. It took a long time to come to this meeting. I agree with what Mr. Meincke said about that 1,000-pound telephone.
The wait line is extremely long when trying to get services for support out here. The advice I've received is to use a civilian practitioner, because of the backlog the Edmonton operational support clinic is undergoing. Of course, that seems like a lot of money for immediate treatment. I'm already in the system—not to make this about me. I hate the way that sounds. I do find that shocking. I don't look at this every day, but, from my narrow perspective, I'm not seeing it. I'm seeing a lot of my soldiers waiting to get help. I don't want to get in front of them just because my cheese is slipping off the cracker again.
That would be my thought. I'd better keep it brief.