Veterans Affairs committee  Obviously, one of the other major platform commitments was pension for life , and that was delivered starting last year. That's three new programs. There was also a reduction in the number of programs to reduce complexity and make it as simple as possible, both from an adjudicati

Veterans Affairs committee  Sure.

Veterans Affairs committee  I'm engaged with the policy group and the commemoration group. I'll stick just to the policy group. They're not so focused on the backlog. They're looking at questions of how programs and policies work and the interaction between those. Ultimately, that does come down to how of

Veterans Affairs committee  For policy, it was in December.

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes.

Veterans Affairs committee  That's the only one I'm in.

Veterans Affairs committee  I think that's the nexus point for us in terms of being able to connect with our stakeholders to better understand issues that may arise for women veterans and to make changes to our processes. Michel and Rick have talked about how they found there are challenges with some of t

Veterans Affairs committee  It's actually 15, Deputy.

Veterans Affairs committee  Those community organizations are working directly with front-line staff at Veterans Affairs and also with front-line staff in other community organizations to ensure a whole-of-government and a cross-federal-provincial-territorial approach to solving and ending veteran homelessn

Veterans Affairs committee  As part of the work we're doing, we are looking at what changes would be required to our legislation. Our legislation regulations compel us to do certain work as we adjudicate claims. We're trying to make sure that's as streamlined as possible, recognizing there may be opportunit

Veterans Affairs committee  I'm Steven Harris. I'm the assistant deputy minister of strategic policy and commemoration. I can't really expand very much on what is included in the budget now. As you would appreciate, we are in the process of reviewing how best to administer the fund that has been identified

Veterans Affairs committee  The short answer to your question is that it was something that came up. I was fortunate enough to participate with our Canadian Armed Forces colleagues on a nationwide tour, talking about transition groups and new Veterans Affairs programs. The supplementary reserves not being e

Veterans Affairs committee  I'm happy to answer that one too. The education and training benefit has been a well-publicized benefit. It is one that has attracted a lot of interest. My colleague Mr. Doiron would talk about the number of people—and I know it came up earlier—who have already taken advantage o