Veterans Affairs committee  I guess the clarity I'm really looking for is that, with the wait times being about a year in many cases—I'm going to listen to what veterans are telling me—with that happening.... Right now, I appreciate the increase in staff that have been hired, but what the budget is saying i

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you so much. I believe that's my time.

Veterans Affairs committee  I just want to go back to the reservist veterans. You spoke to the fact that what's maybe working well for the veteran community doesn't necessarily mean it's working well for the reservist community. I'm just wondering if you could highlight what the difference is.

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you. One of the things you said in your report is that health care and support continues to be one of the biggest challenges. I look at the report card and I see there was improvement in one. One is improving but the rest are still a significant challenge. You talked abou

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you.

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you. You also talked about providing mental health treatment benefits to family members in their own right, and you've mentioned a couple of times children specifically. As a member who represents a more rural and remote community, I hear from veterans that sometimes acces

Veterans Affairs committee  Another thing you mentioned here, for childless CAF members, was designating a family member for the death benefit. I see that this is something that is important, but no progress has been made. I'm just wondering if we know what the barrier to this is. It seems commonsensical to

Veterans Affairs committee  Another point that was talked about was applying once for all benefits. I see there's been some partial implementation of that. I'm just wondering if you could speak to what's slowing it down. Is there a clear understanding? I see some progress, but we're not all the way there ye

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you so much, both of you, for being here, and thank you for the great work you're doing. I can't imagine it's easy. One of the things my office is hearing a lot from veterans is that they're being told to expect wait times and that those wait times are going to get worse.

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you. Dr. Croft, with regard to that comment about how there are always ways to switch to other drugs, when you are serving your country, is it an easy thing to get your medication switched because of the way you're interacting with it?

Veterans Affairs committee  I think there's a connection there with the reality that the people who are coming forward are actually veterans and are no longer serving.

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you. Those are all the questions I have.

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you both again for this. I'm finding this to be very interesting testimony today. Dr. Libman, you said in one of your responses that there are always ways to switch to other drugs. I'm just wondering if you could explain to me how that happens in the military. I've heard n

Veterans Affairs committee  Wow, that's a big difference.

Veterans Affairs committee  What we've heard from other witnesses is that this is the concern. Some of the results of taking the medication are the same as what you would experience potentially just from going overseas. How is the soldier to be able to tell and disclose?