Good Morning, Mr. Chair and Committee Members.
Thank you for the opportunity to be here today to address this most important review of the New Veterans Charter.
May I first introduce to you members of my team:
Mr Gary Walbourne, Executive Director of Operations and Deputy Ombudsman, and Colonel (retired) Denys Guérin, our lead on the New Veterans Charter Review.
Good Morning Mr Chair and Committee Members,
I thank you for the opportunity to be here today to address this most important review of the New Veterans Charter.
May I first introduce to you the members of my team:
Mr. Gary Walbourne, Executive Director of Operations and Deputy Ombudsman and the retired Colonel Denys Guérin, Team Leader for the New Veterans Charter Review.
I have a few short introductory remarks and then Denys will follow with a presentation that summarizes my recently released New Veterans Charter reports.
Good Morning Ladies and Gentlemen
Bonjour Mesdames et Messieurs
Thank you for coming here this morning for the release of my report on the New Veterans Charter with an accompanying actuarial analysis.
I believe that this report breaks new ground on how we view the New Veterans Charter, and if it is given the consideration that I believe it deserves, it could well be a game changer by serving as the baseline of how the Charter should be evaluated today and in the future.
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Mr. Chairman
Members of the Committee,
Thank you for allowing me the opportunity to appear before you and to contribute to the great work that this Committee does for our Veterans and their families.
Ottawa - June 4, 2011
Halifax - June 4, 2011
Good afternoon Ladies and Gentlemen.
First of all, I would like to thank Mayor Diodati, for his very kind introduction and for his support of the upcoming 1st Canadian Veterans National Rendezvous. This is shaping up to be a great event and Mayor Diodati and the City of Niagara Falls are helping to make it possible.
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Mr. Chairman
Committee Members,
Thank you for allowing me to say a few words today. I know that you have a very full agenda, so I will be brief.
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Mr. Chairman
Committee Members
Thank-you for your invitation to appear before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs.
This is my first appearance before a parliamentary committee and I look forward to the exchange that we will have today. Here with me is Colonel (retired) Charlie Cue, my current Director of Research and Investigation and Strategic Policy Advisor.
