Thank you so much, Chair.
I want to thank both the witnesses for their powerful testimony today.
We've heard again and again from women veterans that they often feel their experience is invisible. In both of your testimonies you talked very clearly about how what happened to you was made invisible; there was no follow-up, there was no rape kit provided, there were no actions taken to move forward. I think this just re-emphasizes that reality of feeling invisible and ignored.
I'm going to start with Ms. Wong, but I'm asking both of you the question.
One of the things that has been very clear through this study is that data is a concern. Because it's isn't gathered appropriately while women veterans are serving, when they get to VAC it's often challenging to prove the things that happened, because that data is not there.
I have a two-part question. First, what data do you feel should be collected in the future so that when you get to VAC you actually receive the supports you need? Second, should that documentation happen internally, in the same way that it's happening now—when things happen, everything is reported internally—or should it be an external process so that there's a step away from the CAF while reporting incidents like the ones you experienced?
Ms. Wong, can I start with you first?