We'll call the meeting to order.
We are continuing our deliberations today on our study on the quality of life for our Canadian Forces personnel, with an emphasis on post-traumatic stress disorder.
We've been anxiously awaiting this day to welcome our witnesses. It's good to see you all again. It was just a little over a year ago that we had the opportunity to bump into all three of you, I believe, in a faraway place. So it's good that you're here.
We have with us General Grant, deputy commander, Canadian Expeditionary Force Command. He was formerly commander of Joint Task Force Afghanistan.
We also have Colonel Lavoie, task force commander, Counter Improvised Explosives Task Force, former battle group commander, First Battalion, the Royal Canadian Regiment Battle Group.
We have Colonel Simon Hetherington, executive assistant, chief of the land staff, former commanding officer, provincial reconstruction team.
If anybody in Canada can tell us about the stresses our men and women in uniform are facing, I'm sure you three are able to.
I understand you all have opening statements.
General, are you going to start?