Veterans Affairs committee  A lot of the work is done on a volunteer basis. But on the same token, a volunteer can give only so many hours before it becomes cumbersome. I'm not suggesting a salary, but I am suggesting that arrangements be made where a veteran could be available to speak with other veterans

Veterans Affairs committee  If I may, you've mentioned several times that you had a number of witnesses attend and then, if I understood you correctly, things never happened--reports go on the shelf and they're forgotten about. You now have an opportunity to start to correct the difficulties, the gaps that

Veterans Affairs committee  I would like to make a comment on the 75% salary you get when you leave injured. That is taxable. I don't understand why it's not 100% and then taxable. If you were employed in a routine job and you were injured, when you went on worker's comp, or some other plan, you would still

Veterans Affairs committee  In partial response to your question, may I suggest you're never going to be able to completely erase what's in the memory of the soldier who experiences trauma, occupational stress injury. I'm not a professional, but by the same token, the more they talk about it perhaps the bet

Veterans Affairs committee  If I may, sir, I feel that communication is lacking. We need to communicate more with the persons responsible. Another aspect is that we need to identify the gaps that are going to be identified as we continue. In that vein, the charter should continue. The New Veterans Charter A

Veterans Affairs committee  When I deal with veterans, most of them are senior veterans. They're not aware of what is available for them. They're not aware that hearing aids are available. They're not aware that other things are available. For instance, the active military member has the military family res

Veterans Affairs committee  The recommendations in the new report are absolutely excellent with respect to family. They are part and parcel of the solution. And, I'm sorry to say, they are part and parcel of the problem. We recommend that all of the recommendations with respect to family be implemented. O

Veterans Affairs committee  Take into consideration, also, that they're very young veterans--22, 23, or 24 years old. They have their whole lives ahead of them, their whole professional lives ahead of them. They're intelligent, they're well-meaning, but it ends in tragedy.

Veterans Affairs committee  I think it would be extremely difficult on the Department of National Defence and Veterans Affairs Canada to establish a program with that in mind. To force somebody to take action is just not the Canadian way.

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes.

Veterans Affairs committee  What happens is these people fall through the cracks. What happens is people recognize the difficulties, but until the veteran seeks help on his or her own, there is very little that his or her relatives and loved ones can do. It's one of those situations that develops. We try to

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you, sir. Mr. Chairman, honourable members of the Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs, veterans, and guests, it is indeed a privilege and honour to appear before this committee today. Thank you for inviting our association to this meeting. May I take this opportunity t

Veterans Affairs committee  On behalf of our association, thank you for inviting us here today to speak. On behalf of the association, we wish all a merry Christmas, a happy new year, and a prosperous new year. See what you can do about getting the peacekeepers act passed for August 9, please, and thank

Veterans Affairs committee  They're absolutely terrible, what has taken place, with respect to the scars that have been engraved on the veterans, the veterans from World War II and Korea, and from other conflicts. Some persons are stronger than others. That's not to say they're any better than anybody else,

Veterans Affairs committee  I don't know the answer to your question. I appreciate that those who are interviewed, as I understand it, are walking. Of course, if you were injured seriously, you would be in the hospital in Germany. So I don't know the answer to your question, sir.