Yes, and in fact it's up to the employer, the force and the RCMP, to select the right person. You wouldn't argue that to drive an emergency vehicle with a red light on top identifying you as a police officer, you can't see. So we don't argue about that.
Psychologically, in regard to pre-trauma, that's where we have to screen out people. Unfortunately, if I was abused physically and mentally and sexually as a young kid, obviously I am now dysfunctional; I will not react positively to stress. That is one pre-traumatic psychological profile. Unfortunately, if I put that person under any stress, they're going to crack.
As you know, we have a duty under the code of health and safety to put the right person in the right place, because if we, as the employer—the Canadian Forces or RCMP—put in a man who cannot tolerate stress and he gets sick, that's where we will get sued. Before there were all these Veterans Affairs pensions, the members used to sue us, and some are still doing that. We see some of them on TV who say, hey, you sent me there and you knew I couldn't go there.
So you have a responsibility in regards to health and safety to choose the right candidate with the appropriate psychological profile. Unfortunately, we have to screen out people, but that's the minimum. As I said, it's not because you're divorced or you're having problems with the custody of your kids that I won't send you. Sometimes they want to go there, as they think it will be a break and they'll make a lot of money, etc. No, no, I have to choose. I have a team of specialists or psychologists, and we take a decision. We even meet the wife to see how she's going to react. We're preparing for the return.
So this is not black and white; there's a grey zone. But it's feasible, if you have an agenda and a vision, to do it.