You've asked another significant question: the business of redressing the awareness of releasing Canadian Forces members and their families, about what's available to them. You may recall that in my testimony I mentioned that in a lot of NATO nations—not ours—the process of release is jointly managed by those who support veterans and the military. There's an examination process that takes place months before their release, in which the case is studied by competent people. In the case of the U.K. forces, for example, the joint veterans support entity and the military write down, “This veteran is pensionable for these conditions.” The family is also involved in the same process in providing that pre-release counselling. The Neary report, which I was a part of, recommended that to Veterans Affairs. Unfortunately, it never happened. They're working away at trying to enhance and repair the release process for military members so that they, too, receive counselling and the families receive the counselling they need too. Again, I would urge you to put that in your recommendations in your final report.
On May 5th, 2016. See this statement in context.