Veterans Affairs committee  The Pendulum Foundation has signed an agreement with Veterans House Canada to create a multi-service centre in the greater Quebec City area, in the Chaudière-Appalaches region. We have the partners we need to be able to open the centre in September 2023. We want all services to be offered to veterans from this house.

Veterans Affairs committee  I am.

Veterans Affairs committee  I found it very difficult, Mr. Desilets. I came out of the military system and went into a hybrid system. I had major injuries. You could say that there is not comparison between the services offered in the 1990s today's services. The conflict in Afghanistan has done a lot of good within the structure of Veterans Affairs Canada.

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes, but there will always be exceptions. We have the transition unit and the military family resource centres, or MFRCs, at the local level. For our part, we work a lot with the Valcartier, Saint-Jean and Bagotville MFRCs. The MFRCs have excellent programs, but they are underfunded.

Veterans Affairs committee  We need research and data on the programs. We need to know if our programs are truly working. Many programs are working, but we need to understand the ones that are broken, and those that are actually not really adapted to the new reality that our veterans are living right now. It's a brand new reality.

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes, sure. We realized that in the transition process it was very important to have a specialized peer helper. So we improved the programme. The five steps include the initial contact. These are the steps to create a future life plan. We help our members come up with a plan for their future lives and find new passions.

Veterans Affairs committee  There's a lot of work to be done. We've taken care of our people, physically and mentally, with our systems, and all of the programs we have. There are sufficient elements there to be able to work freely, and engage a veteran from his active life back to the working life. The Pendulum actually works with the service centre and transition unit in Valcartier.

Veterans Affairs committee  Good evening, Mr. Chair Good evening also to the vice-chairs of the committee, to the members of Parliament, and to all invited guests. I would like to take a moment to acknowledge that the Fondation Le Balancier, which I founded, is active in the greater Quebec City area, on the traditional territory of the great Huron-Wendat Nation of Wendake.