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House Hansard - 124

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
November 3, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 124 - Nov/3/22
Ms. Rachel Blaney (North Island—Powell River, NDP)
  • Nov/3/22 11:03:10 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I serve with the member on the veterans affairs committee, on which I have served for many years. I was there when the first report was tabled and then retabled to get a response from the government because it did not get a response due to the election in 2019. It is too bad that we are not seeing the numbers change. There are 5,000 veterans, it is estimated, who are still without a home or a safe place to be, and those are the people who served our country. The Auditor General was very clear in her report. One of the biggest challenges is that there is no correct data to identify the places where there are shutdowns of services. When we look at the system, services are not being delivered and we do not know why because the data does not tell us why. That seems like a big concern. Will the government invest in making sure that the data is there so we can identify the bottlenecks and serve veterans much more effectively?
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Context: House Hansard - 124 - Nov/3/22
Mr. Fraser Tolmie (Moose Jaw—Lake Centre—Lanigan, CPC)
  • Nov/3/22 12:38:58 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, one of the things my colleague mentioned was the committee, which I sit on, and the number of reports and recommendations. In this committee, we have reports from the ombudsman, the Parliamentary Budget Officer, our own committee and now the Auditor General, in addition to this report, which have all said the government has a failing record. What is the point of having all these reports if the government is doing nothing about them? What is the government going to do?
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Context: House Hansard - 124 - Nov/3/22
Mrs. Cathay Wagantall
  • Nov/3/22 1:11:41 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, the member is basically echoing what we heard from the Auditor General regarding where the current government is in its ability to manage the business of providing for our veterans. Its systems are such that it does not know what is happening and where. Even when it has tried to follow something, it has not put the right metrics in place to truly determine what is happening, and I appreciate that. It is part of why I say the government has a role here, a very important role, but there are areas where I believe small businesses, charities and veteran-centric organizations, which truly understand the dynamics, are the ones we should be empowering to do this work.
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