Veterans Affairs committee  I know the transitional groups are working on this stuff. One area that would help a lot is to try to align what you do in the military to the construction industry curriculums. Right now, you're assigned a military code to do specific work in the military. Lots of times it does not align with what goes on in the construction trades and their curriculums.

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you. The way it works now, when a veteran registers with Helmets to Hardhats they basically tell us when they're being released, where they're going to be living and what they want to do. They can basically say they'd like to become an ironworker in Newfoundland or a carpenter in Calgary.

Veterans Affairs committee  We ask veterans, when we refer them out to a particular trade or employer, if they could give us a testimonial in their own words. Some do and some don't. It's all on the honour system.

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes.

Veterans Affairs committee  When a veteran registers with Helmets to Hardhats and they decide they'd like to become a pipefitter, an electrician or a carpenter, we refer them to that geographic area they want to live in. They meet with that trade union and the apprentice coordinator, and they go over the experience they had in the military.

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you for the opportunity to appear before the committee. My name is Joe Maloney. I am the founder of the Helmets to Hardhats program, both in the United States and in Canada. I have been the executive director for Helmets to Hardhats in Canada for the past 10 years.