Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Many interesting things have come up, but one that sticks out in my mind is the fact that there is a great deal of time spent taking the civilian out of CF personnel. Their culture is changed to a military culture. However, when the time comes to establish a connection back to civilian life, not a lot of time is taken. Although there has been a great deal of talk about education and preparing the CF member and his or her family, it seems to me that there is a lot of confusion. We heard from veterans who said, “Well, I didn't know these services existed” or spouses who said, “Nobody told us that this opportunity was there.”
It seems to me that it is a lot of information coming at people all at once, and they are just not taking it in, or they are so injured or upset about leaving the military that they can't take it in. I wonder what suggestions you would have to deal with that particular problem.