In order to improve the services that are available, the first thing you have to do is set some targets. We talked about this the last time you were here. In looking at your most recent departmental plan, we see that it lists a number of departmental results indicators. There are 17 of them actually, and only six of those 17 have any targets attached to them.
You can hear why those targets are so important. If you're going to accomplish something, you have to know what you're trying to accomplish and how you're going to accomplish it. When you hear stories like these heartbreaking stories—and these are just a handful of the ones I've heard—it tells you exactly why that is so important.
Veterans need to understand.... You need to understood that they are real people and that they have real concerns. They deserve better than what they've received from this government so far. I really hope that you will start to take that into consideration when you're setting targets so that you actually have targets and stop failing these veterans so badly.
I've also heard from retired corporal Drew, who is living with a service-related disability. He's now having to live with his parents because housing expenses have gotten so bad with inflation and the cost of living. There are three of them, and they barely can afford to make payments on some shelter for themselves.
Then you look at veterans food banks across this country, which are reporting that the demand for their services has quadrupled in the last three years under this Trudeau government. There is a growing problem of homelessness amongst veterans. Inflation and the cost of living have gotten so bad in this country that now we're even hearing reports of serving members of our Canadian Armed Forces having to live in their cars because they can't afford a place to live.
Would you not agree that this is just one more proof that your government has clearly failed at these results indicators and that you've failed the veterans you are supposed to serve?