Veterans Affairs committee  Absolutely. I agree that the family does need to be involved whenever possible. But there will be those situations where it is not possible, for one reason or another, so there has to be that flexibility to accommodate an individual family situation. It can't be as strict and reg

Veterans Affairs committee  The success rate varies from province to province. Some have very well-established homeless veterans programs, while others are just getting under way. The Legion has committed a half a million dollars to assist with programs across the country and our provincial commands will ma

Veterans Affairs committee  It is communication.

Veterans Affairs committee  One of the issues would be, in fact, that transition interview, so that information on resources available—either coordinated through Veterans Affairs or through the individual associations that provide that assistance—and those details could be passed on to the serving members a

Veterans Affairs committee  The command service officers are in Canada.

Veterans Affairs committee  That's correct. That's on the provincial level. We have service officers in each of our 1,400 branches, but the 23 professional ones would be our command officers.

Veterans Affairs committee  They get more training. Carolyn...?

Veterans Affairs committee  I wouldn't say that we need more training. What we need to have is more communication, so that we can get the information about the services available to these veterans out to the members. That's something that our 1,400 service officers do locally; they reach out and search out

Veterans Affairs committee  We have approximately one-third, about 100,000 individuals, who have personal military experience. We have other members, of course, who are family members, but those with direct military experience would be one-third.

Veterans Affairs committee  That's correct.

Veterans Affairs committee  We will conclude in 45 seconds.

Veterans Affairs committee  In summary, we do have a homeless veterans program that the Legion has been very active in promoting across the country. All of what we have talked about is simply a brief snapshot of some of the programs that the Legion continues to support in the transition to life after a mi

Veterans Affairs committee  Families are the strength behind the uniform and must be engaged in the transition process from the very start, especially when it's a psychological injury. Families can request assistance from the military family resource centres, and there is a family liaison officer, who is a

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you very much. Good morning, everyone. It is a great pleasure to appear here in front of your committee this morning. I am pleased to be able to speak to you on behalf of our Dominion president Tom Eagles and the 300,000 members of the Royal Canadian Legion and their famil