He was terrific, as was everyone who dealt with us there. I thought about all of you when I was home again, and I'm glad to see you home and safe in Canada. I'm sure everyone here feels that way.
The stories that have been shared with me about post-traumatic stress disorder all have the same ring to them. I've spoken to families and to some returning soldiers from Afghanistan who suffered through this. Each of them has told the same tale, and I found it very dramatic that the incidents replay through their minds over and over again. They can't switch channels. They can't turn it off.
Another common refrain is that in most instances they felt, while they were in theatre and had their military family--even when we heard testimony in camera--they had the support they needed there. But once they came home, they and their families certainly didn't feel--and families who testified here in camera didn't feel--the support was there to help them get through their disorders and get healthy again.
I want to ask you if you have any recommendations. How do you feel that part of the health system is working? What improvements could be made?
On a supplementary question to that, the ombudsman's report came out about reservists returning, and how the care, attention, and services they've been able to access have been dramatically less.
I wonder if you can comment on those two things.