Government Operations committee  We are looking to explore that with career transition services and with Agilec. That was not part of the contract but we're looking to move into that area particularly as we spend more time and focus on external hires. Agilec on its own with our own information has started to cre

Government Operations committee  Again, to date we've had companies come to us saying they'd like to hire veterans but they've not specified specific job trades or skill sets.

Government Operations committee  They haven't identified a skill set.

Government Operations committee  Again, because the program has just passed its first year, we are starting to collect those numbers. I would be pleased to submit the numbers that we have.

Government Operations committee  The annual pickup to date right now with CTS, the career transition service—and it was the education training benefit with a dollar value that you have just cited—has been 2,200 applications, and 1,600 of those have been favourable. Of those, what we're finding is that many have

Government Operations committee  With regard to CTS and the education training benefit, they're a year old, so we're starting to do that tracking now, and we're starting to see the stats showing us where veterans or family members are going.

Government Operations committee  I'd be pleased to do so.

Government Operations committee  Thank you for the question. In terms of the private sector, we're really starting this work with the private sector. What we're finding is that very large companies are coming to us looking to hire veterans. We're also finding, as my colleague previously alluded to, that sometim

Government Operations committee  With regard to the education training benefit, it came into place on April 1, 2018. You must have left the service to apply. However, having stated that, there is an incredible amount of promotion of this program going on. As you may be aware, there is a new transitional group in

Government Operations committee  A previous minister has had over 40 town halls over the past year. The minister of VAC has had over 40 town halls, and there was a lot of information disseminated on the education training benefit at that time. Over and above that, there is significant information available on ou

Government Operations committee  We've had a significant number of applicants, in fact. I have the numbers here. As of March 31, there were 4,540 applications to the education training benefit. That was significantly higher than had been anticipated. We really are trying to do that outreach as best we can.

Government Operations committee  Again, with regard to the career transition services, one of the pieces that I should point out is, if you are still a serving member, you can use career transition services through social media all throughout, through My VAC Account, through the website, through these base visit

Government Operations committee  Thank you. My name is Elizabeth Douglas. I am the director general of service delivery and program management at VAC. I am here today to speak about the education and training benefit, as well as the career transition services benefit that was put in place to support veterans re