If I can kick off here before General Jaeger comes back, on the first comment you made, first, if you had the information but you didn't have the programs, what would that achieve? I would come back and tell you--which I think is the tougher question--what has this department and the Canadian Forces put into place to ensure that its soldiers, sailors, airmen, airwomen who have mental health challenges actually are getting the support they need?
If you want to—I don't have time—I could sit this afternoon for a couple of hours and tell you what's been done since 2002 to make sure they get the support they need. I would submit to you that's the issue at hand. Rolling up information from bases and wings, I'll give that to you any day you want. My issue is, are they getting the support they need?
We have put clinics in across the country. We have put policies in place. We are hiring more individuals- General Jaeger will answer that question in a minute. A lot has been done in the last six years, not just in mental health but in OSI, in PTSD, establishing peer support networks. To be fair, a lot has been done by the Canadian Forces because it knows this is a challenge, it knows it needs to do this to do the right thing.
So I would come back and say a lot has been done. I'd be more than happy to lay it all out for you. We'll get you the figures. The lack of figures has not stopped us from doing the right thing to get them the support they need. There always will be cases; you can bring them from your constituency, one or two here who need different and better support. Part of the challenge is in the number of mental health practitioners and finding people to bring them into the organization. Getting them to want to go to Petawawa to live there is also a challenge.
Again, I come back, we've done a hell of a lot to do this and get this better. We've got a hell of a way to go, but we're on the way to getting it right.