Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I want to thank the group for being here, and in particular Tim. I really appreciated your presentation here this morning.
There was a time in this country when all the work our military was doing was hidden and pushed aside. I think in the same way you talked about your personal experience, we as a country are growing in a much different way. We are appreciating that the work you do on our behalf around the world is critically important for us to talk about as Canadians so that everyone knows and appreciates it.
I sat on the finance committee from 2006 to 2008. One of the things we accomplished that I was very proud of was when the Kirby and Keon report on mental health was drafted and completed. There were a number of recommendations upon which, in 2007, we decided, and made huge leaps, to invest literally hundreds of millions of dollars to implement a strategy across the country. It subsequently led to millions more dollars being allocated to eight centres of excellence across the country with respect to mental health.
We can all sit here as politicians and ask if you need money, because that's going to solve the problem. The other thing I have learned about being in government and being in business is that it isn't always about more money. Sometimes it's about the fact that a lot of money has been put into the system, and perhaps we need to do some reallocation.
I wonder, Janice, based on what I've just said, if there isn't that opportunity to sit with those in the mental health industry and those funded both provincially and federally, whether it be the Legion or any of the facilities across this country. There is a lot of money in the system right now with respect to mental health, and there's been an aggressive approach to dealing with this issue and making it part of a national strategy. Is there some leadership that can pull this together to allocate those funds properly?