Thank you very much, Madam Chair.
Ms. Archambault, Mr. Chauhan and Ms. Cyr, thank you for being with us and for your testimony. I'd also like to thank you for making the decision to speak to us today. It's very important to hear from you directly and personally to fully understand the extent of the problem and the nuances.
Mr. Chauhan, my deepest condolences to you and to your family on the loss of Warrant Officer Sanjeev Raman Chauhan, your brother. I hope that in some way our conversation today will be part of honouring his life and service.
In your opening remarks, you spoke about the systemic challenges we're facing. There's a lot of talk about systemic issues. It's Black History Month, day one. We're looking at systemic anti-Black racism in Canada. We're looking at equity, diversity and inclusion systemically across so many different areas. We're looking at gender equality very prominently as a way of lifting up the Canadian Forces as an employer for all Canadians.
If you look at the continuum of mental health, all the way from wellness to the worst outcome that your brother suffered, suicide, and if you look at service all the way from recruitment to transition back to civilian life in the armed forces, what are the big systemic changes that need to be made to really get to the root of this problem?
There were some solutions discussed earlier in testimony with colleagues that were very promising, some of which are already under way. How do we change what you referred to as culture in your previous exchange with my colleague, Mr. Benzen?
How do we change the system itself to be much more sensitive to this issue that really starts probably much earlier on symptomatically than when somebody even contemplates suicide or self-harm?