Thank you so much, Chair.
To each of you women, I want to say thank you. You are the voice of our veterans in this circumstance, and I deeply appreciate your bravery in coming and sharing your hearts today.
Briefly, I would like to ask the three of you about this. You talk of 40 to 60 files and the promise of 25. The Auditor General's report made it clear that VAC has not lived up to this promise, and certainly has not created the environment that needs to be there, which means more case managers like you, yet the decision has been made to change the whole process. It deeply concerns me.
We have $5.6 million over five years, with 25% of that going to profit a company, as you mentioned. On your response to the comments that this is being done because of the administrative burden you face, which would be lessened by bringing this about, I would like to know if that administrative burden would be lessened significantly if more case managers like you were hired, to the point where you were dealing with 25 cases.
If you could each just briefly comment, that would be wonderful.
Do I see Whitney?