Veterans Affairs committee  Yes. I've got the $133.9 million education benefit.

Veterans Affairs committee  That I will do.

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes, thank you.

Veterans Affairs committee  I am aware that the department did provide a response, and I will read this. It is in response to a question. I agreed to provide the committee with the amount of new advertising funds devoted to mental health: VAC currently plans to spend $100,000 in 2017-2018 and 2018-2019 on

Veterans Affairs committee  I'm sorry, but I'm still focused on your first question on the pension for life.

Veterans Affairs committee  I can't discuss cash yet, but the public amount in the investment for budget 2018 is approximately $3.6 billion.

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. We do work with CRA and the Department of Finance on all the costings that go into the pension-for-life calculations. We do have those amounts identified.

Veterans Affairs committee  I'm not at liberty. We're still deliberating with the Treasury Board Secretariat. I can't speak to those at this time.

Veterans Affairs committee  The hiring of veterans is absolutely at the fore in the program at Veterans Affairs Canada. One side of the program focuses on the hiring of veterans in private industry. There's an area within my own branch called the veterans in the public service unit, and it was created toget

Veterans Affairs committee  I can't speak to that number. I can tell you that the linkages with the universities are something that we are engaged with. I wouldn't wish to speculate, but I can say that we do have percentage targets within the federal public service.

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes. If I may add, it's centred primarily on the statutory hiring requirement of medically released vets, and also on the regulatory aspect and all other vets. We take the Veterans Hiring Act very seriously in that regard.

Veterans Affairs committee  Let me try to answer you succinctly in that regard. At Veterans Affairs Canada, we have a very professional long-standing relationship with the office of the chief actuary. Every year, we re-evaluate our client base out six decades. I would add that I've been here for two years.

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes. I would add, if I may, on the question on Mali. In my previous life, my staff and I would do the validation of the incremental costs for operations. From a temporal point of view, that would be an incremental cost. One would expect to see incremental changes in our client b

Veterans Affairs committee  Can I address the funding issue?

Veterans Affairs committee  It flowed through Veterans Affairs. I would add that at the Invictus Games we held a first-of-a-kind job fair for veterans and we on-boarded upwards of 200 veterans. It was very successful.