Veterans Affairs committee  Those are good questions. Thank you very much. Certainly, that's the way to go. The difficulty, the concern right now, is that the spectrum of care within the Canadian Forces and the spectrum of care provided by the provinces and Veterans Affairs Canada are completely different.

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you very much for the question. I think homelessness for veterans has probably been an issue since the office was introduced, in the last couple of years. Certainly my predecessor's campaign triggered a lot of projects within Veterans Affairs Canada, and I'll stay away fr

Veterans Affairs committee  I think, again, that's a good question, and Mr. Chair, the best way to answer that is that it's a transition issue. There needs to be facilitation and harmonizing between what DND does and what Veterans Affairs Canada and the provincial health care programs do. There certainly ne

Veterans Affairs committee  MacKinnon, sorry. I'm not sure which paperwork in particular she was talking about.

Veterans Affairs committee  That's a good question, Mr. Chair. On that particular issue, in every meeting with the minister it's certainly a subject that we talk about. We have been told they were working on it. Again, this is easily understandable, at this point in time, for the financial aspect of this p

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes. It's a very good question. In fact, Mr. Chair, I've expressed that position before the office. We think to look strictly at the assumption that the population will diminish and there will be less requirement for resources is wrong, because there are other populations that

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes. Moving in the right direction, Mr. Chair, I think would be a fair comment. We have mechanisms in place, as a follow-up action to the report, to look at decisions, letters that will be produced in the next month or so. Normally we look at a six-month period. Certainly we'll

Veterans Affairs committee  Mr. Chair, any improvements to the new Veterans Charter are welcome. Given the fact that it was supposed to be a living document that was on life support for five years, it was nice to see that there are finally some improvements that were made.

Veterans Affairs committee  Certainly in time for the review. I think the review is mandated for two years in the legislation. I'm not sure what the timeframe is, but we are certainly going to be prepared to produce something to have some kind of presentation to the committee for that timeframe.

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes, definitely.

Veterans Affairs committee  It's a very good question. Mr. Chair. There's probably a lengthy answer to that short question. This “Reasons for Decisions” report was the start of a concept to look at the whole spectrum of disability applications, from the time of the initial adjudication to the Veterans Revi

Veterans Affairs committee  Certainly we could, depending on the situation or the case; we are there for all veterans.

Veterans Affairs committee  In fact, this is another good question, Mr. Chair. Because it has to do with access to privacy, it's out of our jurisdiction, so we would not be able to assist him. We are concerned with the access to privacy of any veteran. We certainly have put measures in place in our own or

Veterans Affairs committee  That's a very good question, Mr. Chair. We used to say in the military that the military is not a career, it's a way of life. You're surrounded by a culture of interdependency in the forces. A lot of things are provided for you, without you having to queue in line or anything li

Veterans Affairs committee  I would say it's a high percentage. We have 5,000 people, on average, coming out of the forces every year, and 900 to 1,000 from the RCMP. I'm sure many of them would need that kind of transition. It should at least be made available. Right now it is not available.