I want to read you an article. It was updated on May 16 from The Globe and Mail. It says, “Successive federal governments have said they would help disabled veterans get public-service jobs...a long-time advocate says the civil service is not co-operative and he questions whether anyone ensures that discharged military personnel are considered when openings arise.” The gentleman says, “The public service is against this...they are not going to help the injured veteran get there. So who is getting him [or her] that job?”
This is what we're actually hearing from the witnesses and the veterans. It's similar along these lines, yet when we have Veterans Affairs or government officials sit in front of us, they seem to be patting themselves on the backs, saying everything is fine and there's nothing to worry about.
How do you view this? Why is there such a disconnect between what the veterans are saying and what the bureaucracy is saying? When we talk about comments about successive federal governments, I don't look across at my colleagues here or to the left. I don't look at it as a partisan MP thing. It seems to be in the bureaucracy.