Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
I wanted to say that it's very important, but if we should be efficient enough to finish by ten, the restored flag from the former Victoria Tower, the flag that we spoke about the other day, is being unveiled at the Bytown Museum just next door. I know many parliamentarians participated financially, because that's how they raised the funds for that restoration, so that might be something the committee would be interested in if we're efficient in our work here.
Regarding a path forward, I kind of like that idea. That resonates, to have an informal setting where there'd be some comfort level, where, as Ms. Hinton just said, no added stress would be inflicted on these folks. I'm concerned about the child aspect, not because it's not important--and we know here on the Hill there's no end to things that are important and urgent and tug at our heartstrings--but it does fall outside of the realm of the veterans affairs committee. I'd like to stay focused on veterans.
Roméo Dallaire is actually a good name, because I think one of the things we should try to focus on, if we're going to go this way, where we have sufferers of PTSD, is to try to find those who've suffered the trauma, who've gone through the therapy, and are healthy enough to be able to reflect back for us and say “Here are the things that stymied my capability to come to psychological health, and here are the things that were very encouraging in the therapy.”
I just think that would be good to target, and then we could really get some insight, because we have the professionals here already describing the symptoms, describing how this happens, and the kind of research you're doing, and we've heard some pretty good witnesses. But I'd really like to hear what they felt was working, if there was any intervention that was unproductive, that in fact caused what they thought was a delay in coming to full psychological health. I think that would be very productive and would be something I'd certainly support.