Veterans Affairs committee  I'll get back to you on that when it will be available.

Veterans Affairs committee  Absolutely. That can be shared. We regularly do updates on where we are in that transition trial process.

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes. Thanks again for the opportunity. I guess I would say I think it's ongoing, but it's that continuous collaboration. When it comes to transition, we have a fairly robust governance structure set up with Veterans Affairs called the joint steering committee. In that, we have

Veterans Affairs committee  Right now it's in its infancy. It really just got stood up a little over a year ago. We're implementing as many things as we can for the people who are posted to my organization. They are really the complex ill and injured members. We have put a number of things in place across t

Veterans Affairs committee  Correct. “Released” means you are no longer part of the Canadian Armed Forces—

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes. That's what we're working toward. It's an ambitious goal, especially when we talk about the challenges with the backlog. As we reinvent the transition process, which is what we're doing at the transition trial in Borden, we're trying to get after that, so that we start tha

Veterans Affairs committee  I don't have the exact number. It's over 100 people. The key is the feedback. We are working with those people through the transition process, but time has to go on. We have to allow that to happen to get that feedback. That has not happened yet because the transition trial onl

Veterans Affairs committee  I guess I would add that, first, it's a bit of a culture shock, right? When you serve in the military, you're very mission focused, very focused on doing your job. The last thing in your mind is thinking about taking your uniform off. So part of it is an awareness and education t

Veterans Affairs committee  Thanks very much for the question. I guess to answer directly, I think we're doing fairly well on it. Since we stood up the transition group, we've grown our capability in the organization. I've also been able to up-rank the rank of the commanding officers and, therefore, devolv

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes, that's exactly what we're working on, better preparing people and better educating them earlier; working more closely with VAC earlier in the process and really trying to change from a culture of release, where you're only thinking about release at the last part of your care

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair and members of the Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs. Thank you for the opportunity to be here today to provide information for your study and to answer questions on the subject of transition from the Canadian Armed Forces. In 2017, the government laun