Mr. Chair, in the first instance, as much as I harp on holding the chain of command responsible, I wouldn't for a second suggest they're being negligent.
What I would say is required, though, is visionary leadership in that domain. I would think that when it comes back to budget.... Certainly in my military career, budget was the most important. Within the CF, we put management of resources ahead of manoeuvring in the face of the enemy.
At one point in time--one of the reasons I was marginalized in the military--we were going to get rid of three of our infantry battalions as a cost-saving measure so we could put those resources elsewhere. We are an infantry army. There are all sorts of things that fall by the wayside due to budgetary constraints.
I would submit, however, that if, from the time of recruitment, we were to judiciously prepare soldiers, sailors, and air force personnel for the types of traumas they will experience on operations, at a slightly greater cost, we would pay fewer very high-priced psychologists and psychiatrists to treat the many hundreds they are forecasting we are going to endure throughout our time in Afghanistan. So we pay now or we pay later, at the expense of the welfare and well-being of our soldiers, sailors, and air force personnel.