Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thanks to both of you for coming.
You did marvellously well, Ms. Allison, for somebody who's supposed to be nervous. You were very articulate. It was appreciated.
I particularly appreciate you bringing out the family part, that this just doesn't go away. In our family, we struggle with a child who has schizophrenia, and I understand completely, although not to the magnitude of both of you, that this just never leaves. It never goes away, so I understand.
I almost don't know where to begin, because we've had so many witnesses in here who've said that the services the Canadian military provides to its ill and injured are among the best in the world, and yet the story you're telling us is misdiagnosis, or late diagnosis, or treatment that doesn't parallel the diagnosis, etc. It doesn't seem to jive with a lot of the stuff we've been hearing, yet I'm perfectly prepared to believe that some of the witnesses who have come here have a sincere belief—and maybe they're right, I don't know—that the Canadian military cares deeply about its own people and that they are, quote, unquote, “doing their best”.
The parallel that both of you have seems to be improper diagnoses that seem to take more time than necessary. Is that a fair statement?