Veterans Affairs committee  Most definitely, if it came to that, that is the process we'd use, would it not be, Mrs. Rowell?

Veterans Affairs committee  No, the privacy aspect would enter into it, and unless he had your permission to access your case, he—

Veterans Affairs committee  No, we're talking about, on an annual basis, the cases going forward.

Veterans Affairs committee  Do you mean the 5,000 that you're talking about?

Veterans Affairs committee  I guess I'm not following.... I'll ask Ms. Rowell to....

Veterans Affairs committee  Are we excused for the day?

Veterans Affairs committee  We can wait outside if you want us to come back.

Veterans Affairs committee  The VRAB isn't that far away.

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes, it had to do with the evidence received by the board. With respect to the evidence required at hearings, it's a matter of the directives that we've received over the years from the Federal Court on instructions on what is required as far as their interpretation of the diffe

Veterans Affairs committee  That's correct. My understanding is that CanLII is the company that has been mentioned as being available to place decisions on the web related to your committee free of charge, but CanLII does not take over the translation or any compliance that's required for de-personalization

Veterans Affairs committee  That's correct.

Veterans Affairs committee  Since the beginning of the year we've gone out to our stakeholders at different associations and done more outreach with them in having them understand our work, the process, the benefits of the legislation. All that information is on our website, including the publication of the

Veterans Affairs committee  I will answer the second part of your question in English, as it is my mother tongue. The hearing loss policy was changed by the department some years ago, and as a result, many cases that had already gone before the board were further reviewed. I would defer to my legal or corp

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes, I have some opening comments. I appreciate the opportunity to be here. Good afternoon, Mr. Chair. Accompanying me today are members of the senior management team. Karen Rowell is the director of Corporate Operations, and Kathleen Vent is the acting director of Legal Servi