Thank you kindly, Mr. Chair.
Let's use the example of someone who works as an emergency room nurse in a small community. In that sort of setting, the nurse could quite easily come across someone they know well, if not very well, and have to treat that person. That is the reality they have to live with. Regardless of what is going on in members' lives, the Canadian Forces is still something of a small family, and the likelihood of having to treat someone you know is pretty high.
Earlier, you showed a picture of Corporal Nicolas Beauchamp and of his spouse, Corporal Dolores Crampton, who was also a medical assistant and went to Afghanistan. In fact, she was one of the people in my NQ4 medical course; we spent a lot of time together. She is someone whose spouse died and who is a care provider. What would you say about those situations? How do you deal with health care providers and help them face the reality that, one day, they will probably have to treat someone they know very well?
It, is after all, not uncommon in the Canadian Forces to have spouses who are both members of the military. How do you support members who have suffered the loss of a spouse?