SISIP is an insurance plan that provides vocational rehabilitation for medically released personnel for up to two years, guaranteeing them 75% of their salary. Veterans Affairs Canada has a legislated mandate to provide rehabilitation, and not only vocational rehabilitation, but also social and psychological rehabilitation, to all veterans who retire, whether it be for medical reasons or other reasons, as long as they need access to the rehabilitation program. In other words, they must have a rehabilitation need.
There is something wrong with having a legislated mandate to provide a service and having an insurance program that provides the same service. In effect, part of the logic in the New Veterans Charter Advisory Group is that early intervention is important. Veterans Affairs Canada is mandated to provide early intervention, but they can't do it because SISIP is still there providing their vocational rehabilitation program, and only to the member, not to the family. So we should eliminate SISIP rehabilitation.