Thank you.
To start, I'd like to put two extremely important questions to Mr. Doiron.
I visited a clinic that treats operational stress injuries or OSIs. I have to say that what I saw there was very impressive.
These clinics offer state-of-the-art services to support veterans. However, veterans in my riding and in the Halifax region don't find these clinics work well when there's a crisis that happens outside of normal business hours, as these clinics are open from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Since veterans can't plan when they're going to have a crisis, this really doesn't work very well.
Moreover, if a veteran is in a crisis situation and goes to the hospital, and this hospital doesn't have information on hand or on the challenges he's facing, the services won't be up to standard.
Clinics want to work with the federal government and the provinces to be able to offer 24-hour service.
What do you think about this?