Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I'd like to thank our witnesses for being here today with us.
First let me congratulate both Minister MacKay and Minister Fantino on your successful re-elections and on your recent reappointment and appointment to this very important ministry as Minister of National Defence and Associate Minister of National Defence respectively.
My questions will be for Minister MacKay.
In your opening statement, you stated that the estimates clearly reaffirm that the government is committed to providing our men and women in uniform with the resources and tools they need. My first question is with regard to the Afghanistan mission. With the mission now moving to a training mission, we will have a large number of soldiers coming home, some with physical injuries and many with psychological ones. Taking care of our ill and injured is perhaps one of the most important tasks our government can do.
Is there money in these estimates dedicated to the physical and mental health care of our CF members who may need it? What kinds of initiatives are in place to help them?