Thank you, Chair.
I thank you all for being here today. I really appreciate your testimony, and I found some of the things you were talking about earlier today rather inspiring. Thank you for your service and thank you for giving us a little bit of hope within the challenging study we've been sitting through.
I'm going to come to you first, Lieutenant-General Bourgon.
One of the things we have heard again and again from women from their history of service is that they often felt invisible. Now, in their experience in VAC, they're feeling similarly that issue, where they're trying to prove again and again that the things that happened to them while in the services had an impact. Because it wasn't being measured very well before, it's really hard to prove it on the other side. I hear them really clearly and hear that concern and that there's something we have to do.
The other thing I found really interesting about their testimony, though, is that they've talked about the opportunity for women if they're provided the proper equipment and the acknowledgement of who they are when they serve. It's this interesting opportunity that comes from some severe struggle, and I really appreciate so many women veterans coming forward and sharing that experience.
I am wondering if you can talk a little bit about the role that you are playing and what you have seen in the last few years, so that women veterans who have served our country could hear this from you today. They may not be aware of those changes that are happening and what that looks like.