Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to the witnesses.
You spoke about the great work of our medical teams in Afghanistan. I've read two books this fall by Dr. Ray Wiss, reserves doctor: Fob Doc and A Line in the Sand. Thanks to John for bringing those to committee members. I think any Canadian who wants to learn more about what our forces did in Afghanistan, and certainly what the atmosphere was like for front-line medical services personnel, would do themselves a great service by reading those two books.
I asked a previous witness if she could compare the mental health services or the medical services that CF members receive in Canada to those of other jurisdictions. She called our services the Cadillac of the health care system, I think for some of the reasons you have outlined, such as the ability to move quickly to respond to different situations. That's what she said it was like in Canada.
How do our military injury support centres measure up against the services that our allies have in place for their injured forces members? Have we looked into that? You mentioned some awards, but for our near peers, how are we doing in treating our men and women in uniform compared to how our allies are?