Veterans Affairs committee  I would say that, reading the transformation plan that was put out, it struck me that this transformation plan was a “going out of business” plan for Veterans Affairs about 15 years down the road, maybe sooner.

Veterans Affairs committee  Go ahead.

Veterans Affairs committee  A district office, yes.

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes. It means that the only one left is in St. John's, and from St. John's to Corner Brook and the rest of Newfoundland, it's 900 kilometres. In a more extreme case, they've taken away the ones in Windsor and Thunder Bay, which means there's nothing between London, Ontario, and

Veterans Affairs committee  The source of the numbers is the ombudsman's office, and also Veterans Affairs.

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes, I think so. I've read the transformation plan four or five times and I'm still confused, because it talks in terms of generalities; nothing specific. As Jarrott said, we've talked about a lot of these things for years. We really have got to come to grips with things. No

Veterans Affairs committee  What we end up with, if you combine both figures, is something in the order of 700,000 veterans out there on the street. Whether they're all registered with Veterans Affairs or not, I have no idea, but those are the numbers that are there. If you break down those numbers on a pr