Veterans Affairs committee  Mr. Chair and committee members, I am a client services team manager. I am from the Quebec district office, and I'm deployed to the Valcartier Garrison. I'm fairly new to Veterans Affairs Canada. I joined up on September 21, 2010, but before that I had the pleasure and the honour

Veterans Affairs committee  No.

Veterans Affairs committee  As mentioned, last year there were about 20 sites that were visited. I did three in the Quebec area; I did the presentation in Bagotville, Valcartier, and St-Jean. I've also given that presentation to reserve units in the Quebec district office area of operation. So we're getting

Veterans Affairs committee  It's based on the salary of the member when he releases from the forces. It goes on to 75% of the monthly salary he was earning. The problem we had was for soldiers at the rank of private being injured; this is where the 75% was not enough. That's why we came out with the minimum

Veterans Affairs committee  It was based on the monthly pension being paid, $700 a month, being indexed every year. That was the comment that was made about the old system being more financially acceptable. However, that pension gets deducted from the 75% earning loss benefit when it's calculated. This is w

Veterans Affairs committee  Four years after leaving the forces, his injuries that he sustained while he was in the service are affecting his work in civilian life.

Veterans Affairs committee  He worked for four years, but his back problem prevented him from working. So he can come back to us, and since he has some health issues that are service-related, he can enrol in the rehab program and get some professional rehab where he's going to be able to find a new job that

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes, sir.

Veterans Affairs committee  He's going to maintain it until he is 65 years old if it's assessed that he will not be able to go back to work. That goes to the first example of somebody who's at 80% disability and might not be able to go back to a civilian job.

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes.

Veterans Affairs committee  That's the 100% disability award paid to the survivors if somebody gets killed in the line of duty.

Veterans Affairs committee  It is for a serving member.

Veterans Affairs committee  No. If you get killed in the line of the duty, you have the death benefit.

Veterans Affairs committee  With the JPSUs that have been put in place, the joint personnel support units, this system is a lot easier now with the transition of the file between DND and VAC. What is going to happen, especially with our most severely injured soldiers, is that before the file is transferred,

Veterans Affairs committee  It will start around six months before the release date. But I have some cases in my team that will take a lot longer than that, because it's going to be more complex to make sure that DND has put all the services in place.