Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I want to address a couple of different things. We talked about the ratio of 1 to 145 by the time we get to 447 mental health professionals in the military. Obviously, we face a lot of trauma in society generally, more and more every day, but nothing nearly as concentrated as what happens in places like Afghanistan.
But if we apply the same ratio of 1 to 145, we would have to have 221,000 mental health professionals in Canada. I don't know what the number is and you probably don't either, but I'm suspecting it's quite a bit less than that.
There are two points I'd like comment on. First, is the CF very different from society in general in terms of exposure to trauma given the concentration in that? And at the level of 1 to 145, I would suggest we are obviously treating what is necessary to be treated, but treating it in a very aggressive, proactive way. Is that a fair statement?