I've spoken before this committee on this very topic, and I'll make the same points.
I don't feel that entrepreneurship should be the domain of government, because—let's be honest—they're not good at it. That's why they're government. They have other functions. Opening up and getting rid of the roadblocks is the important part for government.
The current roadblock that exists right now is that there is no structure to identify veteran service organizations. Whether we're a for-profit, non-profit or charity, we operate as a veteran-owned company by name only. There's no official designation. If we were to incorporate that at the governmental level and open that up as part of what Veterans Affairs does, which is exactly how they do it in the United States, then we'd start seeing a better ecosystem. We don't really have what we in the military call “left and right of arcs” to function in between.
