Thank you, Colonel Jardine.
We looked at studies done by other organizations, but the Canadian Paediatric Society, in particular, noted the impact on children. In terms of increased behavioural disorders, significantly in the three- to eight-year range, they increase by 19%, and stress disorders increased by 18%.
Although military families, as Colonel Jardine said, are resilient, approximately 10% of them struggle with the challenges directly related to military service—so their frequent moves, the deployments and the postings. The risk of injury and death increases when we're in an active combat type of environment. They're seeing stuff on the news and they're concerned about their family member.
Of particular concern, I think, are the adolescent military dependants who are far more likely to have admissions for injury, suicide attempts and mental health diagnoses than non-military teens.