Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you. My next question is actually related to research. We've heard from a number of witnesses that a lot of the information they're collecting is anecdotal. Is there a plan within the government for the measurement and collection of data? I'm wondering how Veterans Affairs

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you. Of the $1.1 billion for total operating expenditures, which was just mentioned, what proportion was actually allocated to mental health services?

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you. My next question comes again to the collaboration piece. We've heard from a number of witnesses who have said that, as a veteran, the challenge sometimes is that an organization, a provincial government or a municipality, will say, “Oh, you're a veteran. That's not ou

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you. I was getting quite caught up with my colleague here. Thank you all for your presentations today, and certainly for the work that you're doing for veterans. I'm not only the daughter of a veteran. I'm actually the sister of a veteran. Veterans Affairs certainly is

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you.

Veterans Affairs committee  No, thank you very much. I'm very pleased. I have heard from veterans in my area of New Brunswick Southwest about the additional services and certainly the difficult times over the last decade. Thank you.

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you, and thank you, Minister and General, for being here today. We heard from a number of witnesses who were before the committee about the challenge with regard to the transition from the Canadian Armed Forces to being a veteran. I'm wondering, Minister, if you could spea

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you. We have also heard at committee about veterans who are homeless. In terms of housing, can you share with us how veterans are priorities in the national housing strategy?

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you.

Veterans Affairs committee  David, would you comment?

Veterans Affairs committee  In that regard, how do we better inform the public, veterans and organizations like yours of all the services that are now available? How we can make changes based on listening?

Veterans Affairs committee  What about the national housing strategy? There is a priority for veterans within our national housing strategy. Are you familiar with that? Has either one of you applied for that program?

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you, and thank you all for your testimonies. I'm going to start with Tim and David. Tim, you talked specifically about the collection of data. We've heard from a number of witnesses that a lot of it is anecdotal or self-reporting. The last witnesses we had do data collect

Veterans Affairs committee  That would be very helpful. Not that you want to be measuring and being that objective, but really, that's part of planning, programming and investment, as well as trying to track the success of not having a veteran returning episodically to the shelter so many times. We've hear

Veterans Affairs committee  You mentioned sleeping bags. Are the veterans who are homeless—not “homeless vets”—allowed to take their sleeping bags into the shelters?