Veterans Affairs committee  I work more in the field. I work with veterans. It's a new group made up of veterans of the Royal 22nd Regiment and it's been around for about two years. Because a lot of veterans were having trouble receiving services, we decided to get together and help each other. I know tha

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you.

Veterans Affairs committee  I'm going to refrain from saying some words, because they are not very nice. When people are discouraged by the bureaucracy, we sometimes hear discouraging words that are not very pretty. Often, they don't trust the system anymore and they are sick of fighting against it. Earlie

Veterans Affairs committee  They have a lot of difficulty obtaining these services in their language. It is very difficult. Let's say that you have to make several urgent requests. Some people are told no. Actually, we are not told no, but it is—

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes, it's longer and more complicated. You get there after three or four requests, after showing that you cannot speak English.

Veterans Affairs committee  At some point—

Veterans Affairs committee  Let me come back to Mr. Desilets' question. If it takes too long to meet veterans' needs, they will give up. They will certainly go back to what they know, or they will be in survival mode, on the street. They'll figure that it's easier to live that way than to get help and get

Veterans Affairs committee  Good afternoon. You are not mistaken. Accessing services is challenging in a number of ways. One of them is the language issue. To access three-quarters of the services that are offered, you have to go through Ottawa, and you almost always get an answer in English. As I said, I

Veterans Affairs committee  Good afternoon, thank you. I am a veteran who served two missions in Germany. I spent five and a half years of my life doing various small missions in Germany. The reason I'm here today is because I joined the Royal 22nd Regiment veterans group, which has a lot of veterans.