Veterans Affairs committee  That's a great question. On what we developed, I have to give credit where credit is due. It's gained from sources that are out there. If you look at our standard and then at the Province of British Columbia's website, you're going to see a lot of similarities in the standards.

Veterans Affairs committee  I understand from veterans and first responders living in the Province of British Columbia that the downfall with the system seems to be that they're not readily enforcing the standard they have. How do you then regulate it? There are all kinds of accessibility issues—the questi

Veterans Affairs committee  I wouldn't say what we have published, and it's clearly available on our website, is the 100% solution.

Veterans Affairs committee  It's a great place to start, and it's certainly a lot better than what we have right now. To the two professors' point, it is a lot of task-based stuff but they are programs. In order to be accredited...and I thought I'd bring this as an illustration. This is one of our program'

Veterans Affairs committee  The government has to take the lead. That's the only way. That's the only way that standards work.

Veterans Affairs committee  The first one is the national standards that we have, or the Wounded Warriors Canada standards. You have to train your dog to these standards in order to even be considered. That's just step one. We have a three-phase vetting process. The first phase looks, first of all, at gove

Veterans Affairs committee  It impacts directly in two ways. One, it adds undue confusion for a veteran who is already struggling with mental health issues. They are out there and shouldn't have to do their own shopping, shall we say, to try to figure out which program is going to meet their needs. There

Veterans Affairs committee  Good afternoon. It's my pleasure to address the committee today on behalf of Wounded Warriors Canada as your committee continues to examine the ways to better support Canada's veterans and their families. Before I address the specific topic of service dogs for veterans, I believe