Veterans Affairs committee  Part of it could be in the way a veteran is defined and what they view as the universe of people they're working with. Is it simply people who have approached Veterans Affairs and are seeking support and services, or is it everyone who has served in uniform? Is it everyone who ev

Veterans Affairs committee  Great question. We're slowly opening up chapters across Canada. People usually approach us, but we certainly bump into people in our work and in our own network activities. We're a pretty small group. We're only a couple of hundred people, but we try as best we can to mentor

Veterans Affairs committee  In one sense our organization is a kind of ex-military network of ex-military leaders. We don't really offer services per se. It's more a member support group and everything like that. We're a not-for-profit with pretty limited resources, but we try to help wherever we can. We tr

Veterans Affairs committee  I certainly like to think there's room for someone to be doing that. Whether it's Veterans Affairs or another department or group within DND is probably best figured out by you folks and DND, but you really need this to be a part of the career management and planning system. It c

Veterans Affairs committee  All right, then, quickly, I'm not overly familiar with the Monster program or how it might apply to folks in Canada, but for sure there could be a better opportunity to use technology to create job markets and forums virtually, given the dispersion of our veterans across Canada.

Veterans Affairs committee  Not to the best of my knowledge, in a really formal sense. No.

Veterans Affairs committee  Absolutely. In an ideal world, anyone joining the armed forces would be thinking long term. At a certain point I'm going to retire. I either retire with a pension, stop working, and do volunteer work, or I do a second and possibly third career—the earlier, the better. As we've s

Veterans Affairs committee  I think there are a few community colleges and some universities that certainly grant equivalencies. I think it's a little bumpy and—

Veterans Affairs committee  VTAC has done a very good job of laying a baseline of knowledge and understanding of both the issues and the information out there that can help understand the challenges for transition. I think there's a lot more work to be done in terms of working with corporations, both big an

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you very much.

Veterans Affairs committee  Great. Thank you, Mr. Chair, committee members, and all those joining us here today. It is a pleasure for my colleague Tim Patriquin and I to be here representing the members of the Treble Victor Group and participating in this important discussion. The Treble Victor Group, or