Veterans Affairs committee  In addition, because we are responsible for the ongoing case management for those who are medically released, whenever we see a change in condition, or a change in incapacity, or a change in needs, we regularly refer the claimant to Veterans Affairs. That is being done on a regul

Veterans Affairs committee  I'm not aware of that program.

Veterans Affairs committee  Sir, that depends on the level of complexity of the case. It depends on the evaluation and on whether further medical evidence is required, and then we give the person making the ministerial complaint an opportunity to do so. There's a variety of cases. It could be two days or it

Veterans Affairs committee  I'm going to assume that the application is filled out and that all the medical information has been passed on to Manulife case managers to do the case adjudication. If that's the case, within a month the person has their benefit.

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes. We encourage people to apply before their medical release, so that way we have all that information in hand. If all goes well—again, we can't control medical information transfers, doctors filling in their attending physician reports, and so forth—within a week or two we hav

Veterans Affairs committee  We deal with ministerial inquiries all the time. They go through the chain of command and they end up with me, usually. To answer your question, I think you used the words, “If someone is waiting for their release”, which means they're still on salary.

Veterans Affairs committee  Therefore, why would they want disability benefits while they're still on full salary?

Veterans Affairs committee  By whom?

Veterans Affairs committee  SISIP specific, I can say that, based on the comments some of your colleagues have made so far today on the alignment of benefits, it is the government's responsibility to ensure that benefits are aligned. We would like to see that happen. Those things take time. They require Tre

Veterans Affairs committee  They can, in principle, but the program for veterans is administered by Canada Company.

Veterans Affairs committee  Exactly.

Veterans Affairs committee  I am not familiar with the Veterans Affairs Canada figures, but our figures show that, on average—without getting too specific—less than 10% want to take university courses.

Veterans Affairs committee  It's much less than 10%. I think it may even be less than 5%. The rehabilitation program is not based solely on the experience and training members acquire during their military career. That's not how our approach works. First, the point of our approach is rather to determine w

Veterans Affairs committee  Not really. Of course, it's always a good thing when the authorities want to create an envelope and provide more funding.

Veterans Affairs committee  It affected the envelope approach Veterans Affairs Canada adopted two years ago.