Thank you, Mr. Chair, for that.
I want to thank Mr. MacGregor and Ms. McDonald for bringing this bill forward.
My uncle suffered a traumatic brain injury in the eighties. I saw first-hand how a national-level athlete was turned into somebody who struggled not only with brain injury but also addiction. We know that right outside the G.F. Strong rehab centre in Vancouver, dealers prey on those who struggle with brain injuries. We have to do more for this, so I want to say thank you for bringing this forward.
I also want to thank Ms. McDonald for her testimony regarding intimate partner violence. Through an organization, I met two ladies last week in my riding, and I was shocked to learn that their brain injuries came from intimate partner violence. What they're living with is horrific. What you brought forward is critically important.
Further, regarding the work I do with mental health, we know post-traumatic stress disorder can come from traumatic brain injuries. That is not necessarily a knock, or what have you; it's what somebody experiences as well.
I would offer you this, Mr. MacGregor: Perhaps when we're revisiting my own bill, Bill C-211, which passed in 2018.... It's the national framework on post-traumatic stress disorder as it pertains to those who serve our country and our community, such as first responders. Is there a way we can tie this together? I'm not sure if it's through another amendment, but take a look at the brain injury component side of it.
With that, I'll turn it over.
I think the only question I would like to ask Mr. MacGregor is this: I know through the bills I've done that once you've written it and it goes through the processes, there are a lot of things that come up that you didn't consider at the first writing. Is there anything you would advise this committee, should you get...? Are there any amendments you would like to see added to it, so we can get this through drafting, or what have you, and get it done?