Thank you, and thank you for your kind words.
Good morning, Madam Chair and committee members, and hello again to those members I have met before.
My name is Sheila Fynes, and I will begin by thanking you for this opportunity to speak to possible revisions to the National Defence Act, specifically regarding section 98(c). The specific elements of that offence that are of concern are:
98. Every person who:
(c) wilfully injures himself...with intent thereby to render himself...unfit for service...
is guilty of an offence and on conviction, if he commits the offence on active service or when under orders for active service...is liable to imprisonment for life or to less punishment and, in any other case, is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or to less punishment.
That's a lot of words.
Notwithstanding the need to support good order—