Veterans Affairs committee  No, no. Do I laud a veterans priority hiring process? Yes, because as we proved with the peer support network, veterans understand veterans. It's just that simple. The people in this room who are veterans, whether it was navy, army, air force, we all speak a common language. We

Veterans Affairs committee  No, no, I—

Veterans Affairs committee  If they have the qualifications, that would be a wonderful place to start. Case management process, transition networks, expanding military family support—there are a lot of places with some great skill sets that some very qualified people could wind up in. I am not for a moment

Veterans Affairs committee  From the period of 2006 to pretty much 2010, I spent a significant portion of each day living in a woodshed. It had one door, one window and I could watch them both. I didn't spend a whole lot of time with my family. I can tell you that what I was earning while I was in that woo

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes. There's a Latin expression and I forget the Latin. But it basically is “to be rather than to appear”. So optics are very important. If they became the “permanent injury pension” and the “earnings loss pension”, it would certainly clarify the issue in a big way. Now the stan

Veterans Affairs committee  Wow. Would veterans be good case managers? That is a very tough question. The reason I say that is that I know my own case manager has a degree in social work. A lot of military MOCs don't necessarily have transferable skills.

Veterans Affairs committee  For those of you...and I'm sorry I didn't bring a copy of it with me, the latest Chief of Military Personnel newsletter that was put out by Major-General Dave Millar has an article in it entitled “The Mental Health Iceberg”. I was the author of that article for Dave Millar. The

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you. Actually, I'll address that point. I will never wear a necktie in my life. When you put 13 turns in a rope you will understand what the hell that means and why I will never wear one. I'm sorry if it offends the committee that I don't wear a tie, but shit happens, sorr

Veterans Affairs committee  Okay. Everybody makes mistakes. There is not a person in this room who has not been party to a mistake. The true hallmark of greatness is what you do after you've identified that mistake. The history of the new Veterans Charter and the enhanced new Veterans Charter and whatnot,

Veterans Affairs committee  Currently the structure with the case manager model, who is the one-on-one with our most seriously injured.... Unfortunately, as in anywhere, it's a bit of a crapshoot. If you get a good case manager—and God help my family if I lose the one I have because, as I say, I will tell y

Veterans Affairs committee  The lump sum payment, if it was purely for pain and suffering alone and deemed to be that, as I mentioned earlier, I'm still a proponent. When somebody is injured in service to this country, the country's obligation to them does not end. Where does it end? If you're trying to say

Veterans Affairs committee  No, I have not had the recommendations; I would like to have them. If you would like me to review that report and give you my input, I would certainly welcome that particular opportunity. I need to share with you very quickly. At the Federal Court in the Manuge settlement, ther

Veterans Affairs committee  The last part, I did.

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes.

Veterans Affairs committee  It would be more than useful. I realize that the plural of anecdote is not data but there's a difference between statistical significance and clinical significance. In the clinical significance, in every pairing of a service dog with a veteran that I have been involved with, ther