National Defence committee  Mr. Chair, an allusion was made earlier that this would be a fairly straightforward administrative change. A significant amount of work and analysis goes forward with staffing something of this nature, and that has been going on apace, consistent with my priorities related to the

National Defence committee  Certainly. In the first instance, reservists who deploy on international expeditionary operations receive the same training, administration, and health care benefits as regular force people do prior to and during deployment. When reservists come home from an international operat

National Defence committee  Maybe I'll come at it a different way. The periodic health assessments are not required for deployed operations, and then it becomes a question of making sure reservists are ready. It becomes a readiness issue to deploy for operations as may be required in Canada. The Canadian

National Defence committee  I would hazard a guess it was probably somewhere around 1:20 or 1:30. If you could help me understand the gist of your question, that might help me.

National Defence committee  I'll give you a macro answer, and I'll invite Colonel Blais, because this is really his business, to amplify that. The JPSU was stood up in 2009, and you're right, we have made giant strides. I frankly don't know where we would be without it, from an integrated support perspecti

National Defence committee  Consistent with any compensation and benefit issue, that authority to expend public funds for that ultimately rests with the ministers of Treasury Board. That's consistent throughout government.

National Defence committee  No, Mr. Chair, I did not say there's a blockage at Treasury Board. I said it will go forward for consideration with any number of other issues that will go before the Treasury Board.

National Defence committee  Mr. Chair, I don't have the figure at hand. I would be happy to take that question on notice, the number of person-days available for Petawawa. I will take that away, if I might.

National Defence committee  First of all I am happy to say that the wait times for Canadian Forces members are far less than anything I know or the surgeon general has seen throughout the provincial health care systems in the country. It bears mention that when people come home and they are assessed with a

National Defence committee  The ratio of leader to subordinates in a regiment?

National Defence committee  That's strictly an infantry-related question. Note that I'm in the navy—

National Defence committee  I do acknowledge the policy disparity related to the accidental dismemberment insurance program. I say with confidence that we have been aggressively pursuing changes to the program to correct that. I will also say, in the next breath, that I do not have the authority to make t

National Defence committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair and members of the committee. It's a pleasure for me to appear before this committee again to discuss how we in the Canadian Forces care for the men and women of the Canadian Forces and provide support to them and their families if they are injured or become

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Veterans Affairs committee  As I said in my opening comments, I established three priorities, care of the ill and injured and looking after the families of the fallen being the first, and mental health being the second. If you want to be honest about it , they're really priority one alpha and one bravo. Th