Veterans Affairs committee  I'd like to clarify one point, Mr. Desilets: are you referring to the transition of female veterans to civilian life?

Veterans Affairs committee  In fact, it's not exactly a program but rather a process that's based on programs and people in the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Canadian Armed Forces, which support male and female veterans during their transition.

Veterans Affairs committee  The work is done in a partnership to ensure that everything's in place to support the veterans and their families. We're still discussing this today because this is a process that can be improved, still and always. It can't come to an end. We can't say we've done everything to h

Veterans Affairs committee  The Department of Veterans Affairs now works more closely with veterans and does preventive work with them, which helps to facilitate initial actions and to ensure the programs are implemented. We want to make sure that people don't tell us six years later that they didn't have

Veterans Affairs committee  I think the commander did a great job of capturing it, but to the member's point, they're all linked. These are all important elements that serve in each of these programs. They're all safety nets. The key point and takeaway here is that the members are not asked to do this on t

Veterans Affairs committee  I think the commodore has indicated that he will try to get that information. The rest is part of a flow.

Veterans Affairs committee  I wouldn't be able to offer an answer on that, no.

Veterans Affairs committee  If I might, I would only say that part of the reason the number changed and the commodore referred to a 10-year average is that some people didn't release during COVID. They weren't ready to release. Some of the services that would normally be in place to help them during that re

Veterans Affairs committee  I would completely agree. What we want to do is to make sure that the Veterans Affairs organization is in a position of opportunity and strength to help veterans. There have been a number of programs and services added. There's been increased staffing for us to be able to ensure

Veterans Affairs committee  I may just start, and then I'll ask my colleagues to chime in as well. First and foremost, we're talking about transition, the actual process of going from the Canadian Armed Forces to perhaps Veterans Affairs, but really, to a post-military life, releasing from the military. W

Veterans Affairs committee  That's a wonderful question. We were just speaking earlier with some of the folks who are here in attendance around some new initiatives that have been set up within the department. We've had an office of women and 2SLGBTQI+ in place for a number of years now, which does direct

Veterans Affairs committee  Thanks very much. I'd offer a couple of things, since the question spans a couple of issues. First and foremost, I want to be clear that the money is not coming from Veterans Affairs to go to Infrastructure Canada. The money was awarded in the budget to Infrastructure Canada—w

Veterans Affairs committee  I'm unfortunately not responsible for that file.

Veterans Affairs committee  Many reports have been written about veteran homelessness. It's always a challenge to come up with specific numbers, and I'm sure we could get better numbers if veterans were identified during the census. It's a hard population to survey and, as one member of the committee just s

Veterans Affairs committee  I think there has unfortunately been an increase in homelessness in general, given the shortage of houses and accommodation. It's hard to say with any accuracy, but it's something we see in the population at large.