As for the surgeon general—I like to keep things as simple as possible—when a member of the Canadian Armed Forces has breached universality of service, his or her career is over with the Canadian Armed Forces. To breach universality of service, shouldn't that be adjudication enough for everybody? That's my point. Will there be some requirement on the part of the surgeon general maybe to have more medical officers or medical techs, whatever that looks like? Possibly, but there's going to be a cost to doing business, and right now I think we've shifted a lot of that cost onto the backs of the members who are releasing. Those are the ones who are waiting for the adjudication. Those are the ones who are waiting for these benefits to be put in place. I do believe there may be a demand for some resources at the surgeon general's organization, but I believe what we can save on the other end is going to far outweigh that cost.
On October 25th, 2016. See this statement in context.