Thank you so much, Chair.
Ms. Hicks, I'll come back to you.
You mentioned that the education and training benefit seems to be having a pickup. Can you table stats with the committee, or send us to where we would get that information? That would be helpful.
There are nodding heads. That's fantastic.
My other question is on the potential bias, stigma and discrimination faced by veterans when trying to find employment. I've heard from veterans directly that there's a broad brush that paints veterans: They have mental health challenges. They're suffering from PTSD. They're unstable and difficult to employ.
That's the perception they feel like they're battling out there. I wonder if VAC is taking this into consideration. What are the active steps that VAC is taking to counteract this false narrative?
That's a pretty broad brush to paint every veteran with. It certainly undermines the high level of training and diligence that they had in their service. I wonder how that is being addressed. Will it be addressed more succinctly through this process?