Veterans Affairs committee  Yes, for sure. I think that for a lot of that stigma, through a change in generations and through acceptance, through the CF's efforts to really reduce the stigma, we're also benefiting from that. We're also individually a lot tougher on our ourselves about self-stigma than what

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes. One of the people I work with is a counselling psychologist, a registered psychologist with a Ph.D., in B.C., as well as a staff sergeant in our outfit. Through his various associations, he has connected us with the National Centre for PTSD, as well as other areas in Canada

Veterans Affairs committee  Thanks for clarifying that. I think what you're getting at is this. Any time there is a hazardous situation, an accident, or a situation where, for example, people are saying that their vests aren't good enough and they're creating a hazard, they have the ability to go to our sta

Veterans Affairs committee  Just so I understand, you're saying that if somebody's getting a pension.... A medical pension?

Veterans Affairs committee  Okay. And discharged...? Are you talking about somebody who's discharged?

Veterans Affairs committee  That's correct.

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes.

Veterans Affairs committee  I don't know that.

Veterans Affairs committee  Part of it.... It kind of deals with the compensation area more than the health part of it. The disability pensions can go from 5% to 100%. You could get a 5% disability and just have a hearing aid, so you're absolutely functional at work, or you could have an elbow injury, which

Veterans Affairs committee  We're part of several committees with both Veterans Affairs Canada and the CF. We're on their VAC-DND steering committee. We participate in their mental health advisory committee, the joint network of operational stress injury clinics, and OSISS, the operational stress injury soc

Veterans Affairs committee  Right now, we have what's called a hazard prevention program, and that has a budget of around $300,000 a year.

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes.

Veterans Affairs committee  In each region and division there's an occupational health and safety officer who makes sure that the work environments are at a certain standard.

Veterans Affairs committee  I don't have that information.

Veterans Affairs committee  What's your definition of “success rate”? I'm not too clear on that.