Evidence of meeting #23 for Veterans Affairs in the 42nd Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was going.
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5:25 p.m.
Liberal
Alaina Lockhart Liberal Fundy Royal, NB
Right.
What I hear you saying, I think—and please correct me—is that we need to focus to make sure that we provide the services to get people on track so that they can use that time to effectively get on track.
5:25 p.m.
Retired Peer Support Coordinator, Veteran, As an Individual
Same thing.... Just facilitate their moving through the system faster, because some people want change. It's like, “Okay, I'm done, it's over, and I have to get moving again.” You have to grab them when the time is right. When they have that enthusiasm is when you want to be able to offer these services to them.
The other thing is the consultation, as we're doing today. Again, it's education, it's learning. Hopefully the members will step out, and there will be pieces and nuggets that will stay with them, and that's important, and education comes in a thousand ways. So more consultation and more from the horse's mouth, if you want to call it that, I think it will make a big difference.
5:25 p.m.
Liberal
Alaina Lockhart Liberal Fundy Royal, NB
Great.
Really, that was our intention in doing this service delivery study, to hear from as many horses' mouths as we could before we decided where we want to go for our next study, and to drill down on any of these topics.
Thank you very much.
5:25 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Neil Ellis
Great.
On behalf of the committee, I want to thank every one of you, as individuals and organizations, for coming here today and taking your time. I can tell you, it's been very educational, and we thank you for all the work you do to help the men and women who have served our country so well and continue to serve.
With that, I have to remind everybody that on Thursday, I believe we have the ombudsman who will be here. In the second part of the meeting, we will go into discussion on our next service delivery of mental health. Could everybody just think about witnesses between now and Thursday? This study will be ending quickly, and we'll probably have a meeting or so on mental health, and then come back to the report. Getting the witness list started will give our clerk some time to set up the meetings.
After Thursday the subcommittee can break off and do a work plan on the next.
With that, thank you, again.
I need a motion to adjourn.
So moved by Mr. Bratina.
(Motion agreed to)
This meeting is adjourned.