Veterans Affairs committee  I can start off by saying we had a summit last year, working with our allies. We've actually created an office of women veterans and LGBTQ2 veterans. We stood up that office, which reports to Steven.

Veterans Affairs committee  Coming into the department, especially an organization that had lost so many folks, and with a head office away from the national capital in a small community.... For a headquarters to go from 2,000 folks to 1,100 folks was a shock, and it kind of goes to this notion of a perfect

Veterans Affairs committee  Fifteen. There you go.

Veterans Affairs committee  Can I also highlight that some veterans don't want to be found yet? There's this notion that we're going to get everybody off the street. Some veterans aren't ready. Some veterans don't want to be connected to their families yet. We have to be respectful of that. I remember the

Veterans Affairs committee  If I can, I'll do that last one first. We have this guy we've hired. Brigadier-General (Retired) Mike Pearson—

Veterans Affairs committee  He runs our veteran hiring unit. He is the conduit and is working with the Public Service Commission in basically mentoring and informing HR staff across all government departments, but he is also running a team in order to inform veterans how to apply to the public service. Aga

Veterans Affairs committee  I'm just saying that in ensuring the documentation to the degree possible is complete and as well to nudge folks toward the My VAC Account because, again, My VAC Account is set so only complete applications could go in. For the costing, I'll turn to my colleague Michel.

Veterans Affairs committee  One of the most difficult areas for us to hire is Alberta. We are trying to scoop, to poach; we're trying to do everything to get enough case managers and other staff in Alberta, as we are in other parts of the country.

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you so much for the question. When we think about supporting our veterans, we know that often veterans will leave the armed forces and things will go sideways. I talked to one veteran who was in Vanier. The last thing a veteran gives up is the cellphone and, just before t

Veterans Affairs committee  They're in Montreal.

Veterans Affairs committee  Let me seize the opportunity to first compliment the Royal Canadian Legion and the Army, Navy and Air Force Veterans, Dominion Command, who have service officers assisting. In the case of the Legion there are 1,200 branches across the country. The service officers work with veter

Veterans Affairs committee  I'm just saying in terms of getting all the documentation and the signatures, we train the Legion, and Army, Navy and Air Force Veterans.

Veterans Affairs committee  We are reducing the wait times with every phase of this digitization march that we've been on. We're on phase five of digitization. When we did the disability top-up back in 2016, we did it digitally. When we went to the earnings loss benefit of 90%, we did it digitally. When we

Veterans Affairs committee  Soon.

Veterans Affairs committee  May I add to that?