Veterans Affairs committee  That's another good question. I would say that, of all the programs for veterans, it's probably the most complicated. It contains a lot of sub-programs and benefits related to health care, but others that are not necessarily related to heath care itself. So it's very complicated

Veterans Affairs committee  Mr. Chairman, members of the committee, I'd like to first start by introducing my director general of operations, Gary Walbourne, who of course is here to answer all the hard questions. Thank you for allowing me the opportunity to appear before you and to contribute to the great

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Honourable members of the committee, thank you for allowing me to say a few words today. I know that you have a very full agenda, so I will be brief. I have followed with great interest the discussions in the House of Commons pertaining to Bill C-55, the a

Veterans Affairs committee  We can send you statistics on the categories of complaints we receive. That is no problem.

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes, we will.

Veterans Affairs committee  We haven't looked specifically at that, because it's not a subject of systemic review right now. We're keeping an eye on anything that is developed in other countries. We certainly keep in touch with other countries, and our process for systemic review always includes a comparati

Veterans Affairs committee  We just have the available literature.

Veterans Affairs committee  I was also a part of the research in Kingston, the forum on health-related research. I'm glad to see that in that area at least now we're focusing on Canadian research. I think a lot of the data that is not available now will likely be available in years to come. That's going to

Veterans Affairs committee  You mean vets that are...?

Veterans Affairs committee  Do you mean clients of Veterans Affairs?

Veterans Affairs committee  Do you mean clients of Veterans Affairs or potential veterans?

Veterans Affairs committee  In fact the potential vets--no, that's not the clients.

Veterans Affairs committee  There would be potentially 800,000.

Veterans Affairs committee  That includes reserves and regular force.

Veterans Affairs committee  I mentioned two earlier. One, for instance, is the spectrum of care and the fact that the medications available within the DND spectrum of care are not the same as the ones available in the Veterans Affairs Canada spectrum of care. So there is a transition from one medication t