First of all, Dawn, I would like to say that in listening to women veterans and to the people who support them through this study, what I've heard again and again is how often they feel invisible. Their reality is not reflected back to them either in the CAF or in VAC.
I would like to thank you for working so hard to make yourself seen. It's a hard thing to do, and I really appreciate your doing that.
One of the challenges we have heard from women again and again is the lack of communication between the CAF and VAC. One thing you talked about when you were testifying, which really impacted me, was having to open up your files again and again so you could respond to changes to guidelines and get the benefits you were entitled to. Could you talk to us a bit about what that looked like, if that's okay with you? Do you have any suggestions about how that could be a lot more effectively done in the future?