Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Dr. Aiken, thank you for sharing your time and expertise with us today. It was good to hear that the Canadian Forces are considered a world leader in destigmatizing mental illness. I had the opportunity to witness that firsthand when I got to welcome home some troops from Libya on the HMCS Vancouver. General Natynczyk himself, when he gathered around the sailors, talked about their needing to ask for help. It came from the very top, so it's good to see that's being noticed.
Following on that, you said that you focus on research, education, and knowledge exchange. I'm interested in that knowledge exchange part. What have we seen? It's maybe dangerous to ask a question you don't know the answer to, but compared to our near peers or some of our other NATO allies, how are we doing in the treatment of the ill and injured Canadian Forces members, from your research, compared to, say, the U.S. or Australia, which you said you had done some work with? How are the Canadian Forces doing compared to those allies?
