Veterans Affairs committee  This is a huge, multi-faceted issue. Let me give you an example. I'm a gunner, and it makes me very sad to hear that a fellow gunner looks on the association as if it doesn't really do anything. If he were PPCLI, he'd be taken care of differently, more like the RCMP. . We have a

Veterans Affairs committee  I think you can continue to provide the leadership that you're providing and to step it up. I think this is a big deal. The fact of the matter is that most of the organizations operate in the absence of any understanding that there's someone else doing the same thing in a city i

Veterans Affairs committee  My brigade commander in 2015 said there were too many of us. What he was complaining about was the fact that we were stepping on each other's toes. I was sitting on the board of Canada Company at the time. Wounded Warriors was doing different things, and True Patriot Love and Can

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes, more veterans helping veterans. We think we can stretch every dollar and create more collaboration. That's what our hope is. On the question of service dogs, the issue is particularly vicious. I'll provide more support. There are people whom I can't invite to a meeting, be

Veterans Affairs committee  Can I give you a practical example?

Veterans Affairs committee  Forgive me. At our second meeting, we asked if organizations had a common protocol for identifying veterans. The answer was no. There are groups you fund that probably do, but they wouldn't give us the protocol, so we brought six organizations together and built a protocol that

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you, Brenda. These studies that Brenda cites, to the sergeant's message, just sound like more words, and yet they're necessary for us to get a better understanding. We still have a problem with homeless veterans despite all the efforts, and, as you say, all the words and f

Veterans Affairs committee  First off, I want to thank you, Sergeant. As a fellow Canadian, it makes me proud to sit beside you. I'm sorry for your situation. The testimony I have is nowhere near as compelling. I'm a business guy from Montreal who has taken up the cause of our veterans, and my efforts seem