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Appendix A: Letter to the Minister of Veterans Affairs
March 28, 2023
The Honourable Lawrence MacAulay
Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence
Veterans Affairs Canada
PO Box 7700 Charlottetown, PEI
C1A 8M9
By email
CONFIDENTIAL
Subject: Request for documents
Dear Minister MacAulay,
On March 23, 2023, the Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs met to discuss the draft report for its study on the impact of the new rehabilitation contract awarded by the Department of Veterans Affairs on the role of the case manager and quality of service delivery. During their review of the draft report, committee members concluded that essential information was missing from the department that was required to complete the report. Therefore, the committee is requesting that the department provide the following information as soon as possible.
- When you appeared as part of this study, representatives of Veterans Affairs Canada and yourself said that, under the new contract for rehabilitation services signed in 2021 with Partners in Canadian Veterans Rehabilitation Services (PCVRS), veterans participating in the rehabilitation program would have access to a network of 9,000 health care professionals across the country.
- How many health care and rehabilitation professionals were available to provide services to veterans participating in Veterans Affairs Canada’s rehabilitation program before the contract was signed with PCVRS?
- Please include the number of service providers for the three areas of therehabilitation program: medical, psychosocial and vocational.
- Please make a distinction between this number and the number of health careprofessionals registered with Medavie Blue Cross to provide health care servicesthrough Veterans Affairs Canada’s Treatment Benefits Program.
This information is required as part of the committee’s ongoing study, specifically for the draft report on the impact of the new rehabilitation contract awarded by the Department of Veterans Affairs on the role of the case manager and quality of service delivery.
Yours sincerely,
Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs