Evidence of meeting #43 for Veterans Affairs in the 40th Parliament, 3rd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was c-55.
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5:15 p.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Gary Schellenberger
One thing we need going forward is some direction, rather than just saying we're all going to get together. We'll have to have a committee business meeting to make those things happen.
Ms. Sgro has a comment.
5:15 p.m.
Liberal
Judy Sgro Liberal York West, ON
I was going to ask you about that. Given the time that's here, I suspect we will need.... I suppose we could ask the researcher how many meetings he thinks we will need to complete the study we've been working on.
5:15 p.m.
Committee Researcher
It all depends on you. The draft report I wrote is a very dense document. I made almost no quotes in it, but rather references to all the witnesses, and there are 15 possible recommendations. It would take a couple of hours to turn it into an official report, but it's not as long as it could have been if we had wanted a full report and had taken the time to analyze every detail.
5:15 p.m.
Liberal
Judy Sgro Liberal York West, ON
If we go on the assumption that things will continue as normal after this week, we have a variety of other issues we had wanted to work on before June. Could I suggest you pull out that list so that at our first opportunity, once we've completed this study, we can see what we have on that agenda? We can be working on two things at the same time anyway.
5:15 p.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Gary Schellenberger
We will take that under advisement too.
Go ahead, Mr. Vincent, please.
5:15 p.m.
Bloc
Robert Vincent Bloc Shefford, QC
I would like to ask the analyst something about the report he is preparing. My question has to do with what I was saying earlier about the department providing us with a comparison between the two systems, the new charter and the Canadian Forces Superannuation Act. The department gave us the disability rates. Overall, there were three categories: 2% or 4%, up to 40%, and 100%. I would like these categories to be included in the report with the findings from Veterans Affairs Canada.
5:20 p.m.
Committee Researcher
The report focuses on operational stress and suicide. We are making a comparison. Those elements were included in the old charter and in last year's report. They are in last year's report.
5:20 p.m.
Conservative