Evidence of meeting #84 for National Defence in the 41st Parliament, 1st session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was families.
A recording is available from Parliament.
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Jack Harris NDP St. John's East, NL
On this injury that occurred, Corporal, when was that? I don't know if you've told us that or not.
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Jack Harris NDP St. John's East, NL
When you were blown up, I guess is the proper way of putting it.
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Jack Harris NDP St. John's East, NL
Yes. Your LAV was blown up by a rocket. What year was that? When would that have been?
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Jack Harris NDP St. John's East, NL
You've said that you're awaiting a medical discharge. Is that what...?
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Jack Harris NDP St. John's East, NL
You have said that you feel you're suffering from PTSD. Have you been diagnosed as having PTSD, or have you sought a diagnosis?
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Jack Harris NDP St. John's East, NL
Can you tell us what, if any, treatment you've been offered or have undergone with respect to this aspect of your injuries?
Cpl Glen Kirkland
It was Deer Lodge in Winnipeg, which sounds like it's great, but it's a two-and-a-half-hour drive, and the whole way, driving there and back, it's just.... Winnipeg is an air force base, and no disrespect to anyone in the air force, but they're not going through the same stuff as combat arms. I don't really understand why the main mental health clinic is two and a half hours away from the closest combat arms base.
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Jack Harris NDP St. John's East, NL
Is the facility you call Deer Lodge a residential treatment facility?
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Jack Harris NDP St. John's East, NL
How many individuals would have been there when you were there, clients or patients, or whatever you would call them?