Veterans Affairs committee  We have created a directory on my web page. If you're regular forces personnel, a dependant, or a veteran, it tells you what you are and about all the various services of my organization as well as any other organizations that we know about. They can find it.

Veterans Affairs committee  Communication marketing is extremely important to me. I think that we don't necessarily do enough of it, but we have done a lot more in the last couple of years than we ever have before. First of all, we have SCAN, as you probably know, the second career assistance network. Befo

Veterans Affairs committee  Are you talking about Monster.com?

Veterans Affairs committee  As I said, we've talked to them before, but it's such a different program. We think there are better opportunities in Canada, and we're working with this other agency for that.

Veterans Affairs committee  We've talked to them at this point—

Veterans Affairs committee  Sir, could I just elaborate on one point?

Veterans Affairs committee  A lot of times people say they're looking for benefits. There is a difference between what Veterans Affairs offers and what we do. SISIP is insurance. They're very expeditious. There are very few layers.

Veterans Affairs committee  SISIP specific, we're very quick.

Veterans Affairs committee  I'll add to it from my perspective. I'm just finishing my third year in this job. The support that our IPSCs are providing is the envy of many other western countries, I'll tell you that. When we talk about it, and when I talk to the people who are receiving the benefits, the num

Veterans Affairs committee  Sir, I think the best people to ask are the medical community. We don't really deal with the releases. The surgeon general would probably be the ideal person to answer.

Veterans Affairs committee  No, sir.

Veterans Affairs committee  Are you referring to between VAC and us, or within my organization?

Veterans Affairs committee  I should say we work very closely with Veterans Affairs. The Veterans Affairs liaison officer is on my staff. I'll just talk first about SISIP and the joint personnel support unit. They work very closely together because they're just down the hall. We've overcome the silos and th

Veterans Affairs committee  We've had discussions with Monster.com over the last couple of years, but they deal with the American military. The American military is so mammoth. It's very different from what we have in Canada with our limited number of people retiring each year. There are two trains of thoug

Veterans Affairs committee  I'm not exactly sure how to answer that question. For example, I oversee several charities under the “support our troops” umbrella. We have Soldier On, which provides support to serving or retired personnel and to veterans who have suffered mental or physical injuries to get them