Okay. Well, it could be clearer, Minister.
I'm going to go to your comments about support for ill and injured, and of course around the committee we all have a genuine concern, as does the minister and your staff.
In the ombudsman's recent mental health report, the ombudsman is saying that the national defence minister “has not hired enough psychiatrists and other mental health professionals to deal with the cresting tide of post-traumatic stress cases”. Doubling the funding, as the minister mentioned, we know does not reflect the increase in actual challenges with PTSD coming out of an operational theatre. There's “a big gap between what the system can deliver and what it actually does for the troops” and “this shortfall has a profound impact on front line delivery of care”. This is all from the ombudsman.
The system is operating with 15% to 22% fewer caregivers than needed and there are significant bureaucratic problems, time delays, etc. I could give examples of particular JPSUs in which there are woefully inadequate numbers of support persons to the number of injured who are requiring care.
Could the minister tell us in these estimates how many registered medical professionals are being increased to address the shortfall the ombudsman has identified?