General Hillier, thank you for being with us today. Thank you also for bringing LCol Grenier. As you have just mentioned, this demonstrates the considerable progress that has been made in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder. We are coming to the end of our study, and I add my voice to the chorus of admiration that you have heard. You personify the renewal of the Canadian Forces, I feel. They are going to miss you, Canadians are going to miss you. We are also happy with those who will succeed you. I am thinking specifically of General Semianiw, from Thetford Mines, a boy from the asbestos belt.
This study has allowed me to see post-traumatic stress disorder and mental health issues in the Canadian Forces in a less dramatic light. Some reactions are normal when people come back from a mission where they have lived through certain experiences. I feel that our study lets us understand that. We also understand that the army is much more sensitive to it and that considerable progress has been made.
I would like to share with you a message that we received from family members when we went to Valcartier. It is not just the deployment that puts pressure on soldiers and their families, it is also what precedes the deployment, when they have to spend several months elsewhere. The constant deployment and redeployment of the troops puts pressure, not only on the troops themselves, but also on their families. That is what they told us. Several of my colleagues were with me, and that message had an effect on us. They told us also not to forget military parents. There are not just husbands and wives, there are children and moms and dads. We were moved by that.
That is what I wanted to say in the minute I had. Thank you.