Veterans Affairs committee  What I would say to that is, yes, we are going to commemorate and we do commemorate those. One suicide is obviously too many. The department has any number of programs to try to make sure that number is as small as it possibly can be and hopefully zero. That being said, if someon

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes. The consultation process has started. I will say that in developing the strategy we worked very closely with the commemoration advisory group and then began to consult and share some of the strategy. We're going to be going out more widely. Of course, the pandemic put a bit

Veterans Affairs committee  Do you want to take that, Paul?

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes, that is correct. That is the commemorative partnership program. It's community-based. There are smaller, community programs for initiatives, and some larger initiatives. It varies from year to year, but that's about it.

Veterans Affairs committee  That's correct. I don't have the math in front of me, but yes, that sounds like a proper average.

Veterans Affairs committee  I do. Every year, the program is heavily subscribed. The recipients are very eager and keen to get that funding, and provide the support. This year was a bit different in that we had to shift dramatically, because some of the events we supported were in-person events, so that ch

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Good afternoon, Mr. Chair, members of the committee. It is a pleasure to be here today. I would like to begin by acknowledging that the land from which Paul and I are talking to you is the traditional and unceded territory of the Abegweit Mi'kmaq first na

Veterans Affairs committee  I'll be brief. Thank you, Deputy. Mr. Chair, we finally got the information. As the deputy said, there was delay due to the pandemic. We're compiling that information, and we will be developing recommendations for the minister on how to proceed with a policy.