Thank you, Mr. Chairman. If there's any time left, I'd like to share it with my colleague Dr. Lunney.
In the new year, Minister, we plan to study mental health issues within the armed forces. It's a very important area of study, first of all, because we want to protect and care for the brave women and men who serve in our armed forces. Secondly, we can ill afford to lose any soldiers to mental health, especially when we're trying to build our forces after what someone referred to as a decade of darkness.
Can you let this committee know what progress we're making in mental health issues for soldiers and perhaps what extra steps are being taken, if any, considering the stressful situation when they return from Afghanistan?