Veterans Affairs committee  Yes.

Veterans Affairs committee  I'll start with that part first. When your front lines are cut to the tune of about 900, 400 is not enough. I will say that 100%. As clear as day, 400 is not going to be enough. We teetered with the 900. Before we were cut, we were kind of teetering. We had to be very reactive

Veterans Affairs committee  To a point, yes. I would say most definitely; I guess it's just that reality is not necessarily always matching what we're hearing.

Veterans Affairs committee  That's literally exactly what we've been fighting for, from the time before your government...and we're going to continue to keep fighting, so yes, I totally agree with you there. The part, though, where I think we have to make a very clear distinction is that we do have issues

Veterans Affairs committee  What I would say surrounding this is that it's more complex than it sounds. We're not necessarily looking at the exact same position that we were hiring for previously. Now, one other thing that was done, unfortunately, by our previous government was that the educational standa

Veterans Affairs committee  I mirror that as well. It's somewhat of a shame that we lost our old system, because one of the big areas now where health practitioners will more than likely have to be extremely proficient is in understanding Veterans Affairs' archaic legislation. Unless you understand the le

Veterans Affairs committee  Most definitely. It's another bone of contention for us right now. At one point, we had a very extensive training package. Unfortunately, when we suffered the cuts, we needed every case manager to hit the ground running. It's a huge concern, because we are looking at bringing i

Veterans Affairs committee  Chair, Vice-Chairs, ladies and gentleman of the committee, Parliamentary Secretary, I thank you for your time and indulgence in allowing me to address the committee directly. My name is Carl Gannon Jr. I am the national president of the Union of Veterans' Affairs Employees, and