Veterans Affairs committee  That's a good question. We support and work with all the other organizations—VETS Canada. We've assisted them, and with department kits, and help if they come to us. Any organization that comes to us and has a homeless veteran who needs help, we're there.

Veterans Affairs committee  At the start of a new program, once the veteran knocks on our door and we verify service, the door is open. Our first question is, “What do you need?” Our office is in Aurora, Ontario, and we have a branch in Kapuskasing. We'll call them and say, “We have a homeless veteran in Ka

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes.

Veterans Affairs committee  I can send you a copy of the stats we keep. That's not a problem. We're the only province that we know of...or the only command that we know of. I can tell you that as of this coming Saturday, that's going to change. We're going to get everybody involved so that we can get it tog

Veterans Affairs committee  In Ontario we have the three facilities that are mentioned in the brief. We also are very keen to have affordable housing. We have a developer who came forward in London. He's providing 14 units for homeless veterans. We have a developer in Niagara Falls who's coming forward. He

Veterans Affairs committee  We have that now in Ontario, in the three facilities that we have. We also have an office for the care workers. They're teaching the after-care programs. We have that in the three facilities. Veterans Affairs also have offices. They have an office at the Good Shepherd Ministries

Veterans Affairs committee  When we first started the program, we approached their veterans affairs in Buffalo, New York. That's where we connected. We sat with those folks. We went over and spent a day and a half with them. One of the things they strongly suggested was not to try to reinvent the wheel. If

Veterans Affairs committee  In Ontario, we've tracked from two and a half to four years, maybe five. We've found that they have become homeless. By the way, our numbers are anywhere from age 17 to 92.

Veterans Affairs committee  We have a one-page document for them. When we first started, we had a six-page document, but we cut it down to one page. Veterans just don't want to fill out a lot of paperwork. We have a document that we can have faxed to our office. Depending on the time of day we receive it, w

Veterans Affairs committee  I would suggest to you that it's a false statement. I was asked by a reporter, probably four years ago now, how many homeless veterans there were. I answered, “How many snowflakes fell in the last snowstorm? Nobody knows.”

Veterans Affairs committee  We're finding that a lot of veterans don't want to identify. In fact, in my hometown we have a homeless veteran living in a tent. We recently offered to get him off the street. His basic response was, “Leave me alone. I don't want your help.” There are individuals who do not want

Veterans Affairs committee  When we first started, we offered a shopping bag from Shoppers Drug Mart. We went through Moss Park one time in Toronto and saw seven of those bags. We offer kits, or backpacks now, to Veterans Affairs. Most Veterans Affairs offices in Ontario have them. Hopefully, they'll be acr