Thank you, Mr. Chair.
One of the things we're studying is the occurrence of veterans' suicide. Specifically, I think we know the stress issue is out there, but stress doesn't necessarily lead to suicide. We're trying to determine if there's a higher risk of suicide to Canadian Forces personnel or veterans who have come out of the Canadian Forces. We've had Canadian Forces witnesses who have said they have found no indication that there's a higher risk of suicide for those who have been engaged in combat than for any other veteran who's serving in the forces. I think out of the 10 that they indicated last year, or 2008-2009, there wasn't one that was related to combat.
Stress is a very difficult thing to identify and track. It's difficult to know what the outcomes of stress are going to be. I was just wondering about a statistic out of the U.K. that suggests that if a person is discharged from the forces under the age of 25, there's a higher risk of suffering suicidal tendencies than for those who maybe go longer in their career in the forces. Could you comment? Do you think that statistic is a true tendency?