In addition to the remarks we made earlier, the Veterans Affairs' Office of Women and LGBTQ Veterans was a most welcome addition. It is staffed by some very good people who truly want to make a difference. At this point, we believe it is time to examine the need for an office of equity and what's truly needed.
It's become clear throughout different pieces of reporting—again I'll mention some of the reports that have come before this committee—that there are other factors that come into play that originate with intersectionality and identity. Your experience as a service member and in becoming a veteran might mean the supports you may need are about more than women and LGBTQ+ members. There are also impacts on Black, indigenous and other people of colour and how they have experienced life in the military.
Approaching this from an equity angle would zoom out a little bit and enable us to understand where other impacts are that aren't necessarily being seen. We've had some documentation and information about women veterans, francophone—