Thank you.
I appreciate your testimony today. It's evident how much you care. We're hearing that there are a lot more questions than we have answers to. That's what's going on here.
With that in mind, I'm going to move a motion:
That the committee hold two more meetings on the impact of the new rehabilitation contract awarded by the Department of Veterans Affairs on the role of the case manager and quality of service delivery on or before December 5th:
One in which the committee calls potentially impacted service providers and veterans to appear before the committee for no less than two hours.
One in which the committee calls the Minister of Veterans Affairs and Veterans Affairs Canada officials to appear before the committee for no less than two hours.
The reason I'm moving that is that we've heard lots of concerns today about the affected service providers and what that will mean for the quality of service for veterans. We're going to hear from one veteran here, shortly. There is certainly a need to hear about the impact this is going to have on veterans, because, from what we're hearing, it sounds like it's going to be pretty significant. Obviously, there are a lot of unanswered questions. I think it would be very helpful for this committee to hear from the minister and his officials, so they can answer some of the questions that are arising.
We have heard concerns about the fact that there have been no mental health services provided to veterans in new situations over the past month. We're hearing that case managers have no idea what is happening. This is supposed to start tomorrow. Veterans are confused. There are a lot of questions that need to be answered. We need more time.
That's why I'm moving this motion, and I hope all members of this committee will pass it expeditiously, right now.