Tracking veterans when they go presents a serious problem. There are challenges, and the bureaucracy will tell you about a lot of them.
I circulated an e-mail this week. We've been beating up on the system a bit, particularly on the mental health side. Young Frédéric was one of the reasons we've been doing that. The answer that came back written by a very senior medical officer in the Canadian Forces was that if they don't self-identify, the system can't help them. I have a difficult time accepting that as an answer, because it's a medical community. I understand that this is a restraint the medical community lives under. They have to; they can't fix that. The chain of command would not accept it.
I know from personal experience that if you have an individual in your command who you're having difficulty contacting, you will do anything and everything necessary to maintain that contact. That's why I say we keep beating this drum. This is a leadership issue, not a medical one. Tracking of our veterans is a leadership issue, not a medical one. We lose our reservists constantly, particularly our reservists. It's a serious concern.