What I would like to see is, of course, mental health care for families. What we also need is survivor-specific case managers, veteran service managers and financial services, because we have different needs and different financial requirements. How do I explain it? They need to be trained in certain sensitivities, and that's not currently happening.
One thing I've been discussing for quite some time is that we need survivor-specific case managers, VSAs and financial services that are dedicated to us. The U.S.A. realized this as well. Canada hasn't quite realized it, but the U.S.A. did realize it, and they have set aside certain programs specifically for survivors because of the unique need.
Veterans Affairs already has specific teams to deal with OUTCAN, the RCMP and indigenous people. We are asking for something similar.
I think what's missing is that Veterans Affairs, and this has come from, of course, many years.... This is how it operates: veterans in front, and rightly so, then veterans' families and then monuments and commemoration. There are families that live in this middle space, families I help. There is a lack of acknowledgement, care and service in that space, so that's what I'm here to get.
We need to recognize that survivors are a separate client group with unique issues deserving of respect, research, acknowledgement and actual solutions.