Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
First of all, General Hillier, I'd like to tell you how very fitting it is that we have Colonel Grenier with us today. I understand he is the founder of the operational stress injury service, OSIS.
I'm very pleased to hear about your emphasis on family. That's the basis of my question. With the exception of families of serving soldiers in very remote regions of Canada, it is a provincial responsibility to take care of the families. Nevertheless--minimizing as many stressors as possible on the part of the soldier, especially when deployed--the care for a sick spouse or child at the time of deployment can be paramount in their minds. With this in mind, and given that it is a provincial responsibility, can you make any recommendations--with the exception of building bases closer to urban centres--that the committee could act upon or make recommendations for so that the families can be cared for on a medical basis?