Mr. Chairman, thank you very much.
To Pascal, thank you very much, sir, for coming today--and for bringing your good friend Daniel. If he's your buddy, you can't be all bad, I'll tell you. He's one of the best around.
I have a couple of questions for you. You talked about the psychological and physical concerns that you're going through. The people who are supposed to help you talked, in my view, very demeaningly of you. They were not very respectful of what you had done to serve our country.
Not now, but in the future, can you give us some of the names of those people who you were talking about and the things they said to you? I would love to have those names.
We hear from Mr. Natynczyk, the CDS, and Minister MacKay that the “Be the Difference” campaign was very successful. It is obvious that there are some people in the military who didn't get the message. This has to stop, and the only way it's going to stop is if we can identify who these people are and have a little chat with them to make sure that the next veteran does not get treated this way.
Even the ombudsman said that there are consequences for individuals who fall through the cracks. It's often devastating and long-lasting.
It is obvious, by your testimony, that you and your wife have fallen through the cracks. And it's obvious that the difficulties you're having are very devastating to you and your family. I'm very, very sorry for what you and your wife are going through.
I was wondering, sir, if it would be possible for you to advise us of what you're getting financially from the department in terms of your pensions and your pay at this time.