I don't know if you've had testimony from the defence department in this area, but I've read the testimony of the deputy minister when he talked about the releasing process. There is an accommodation process within the military. When you're injured, they will retain you for a period of time, until they can no longer see a way to look after you because of the universality-of-service requirements. In the Neary report we recommended that this release process commence as soon as possible when the release is the final mechanism decided upon by the defence department. That can be as early as two years, one year, six months, but it should start as soon as the defence department has decided that it intends to release this person. Then the counselling should occur for both the member and the family. Those recommendations have been made to Veterans Affairs Canada before, and maybe your panel should ask them what they've done about it.
On May 5th, 2016. See this statement in context.