Thank you. I appreciate it.
It's a problem, and it's a major difference between the U.S. and Canadian programs. In the U.S., they see their military as a tool of social mobility. They encourage people to join the military, and there are robust education and training programs available to them through the GI Bill after service.
In Canada, if you're injured, they will pay for you to get retrained, but only back to the salary level at which you left the military. Let's say you have some PTSD symptoms, you overcome them and you pay to do your own schooling. If five or 10 years after your release you have some issues, lose your job and go back to the government for support, PCVRS will not pay for you to be trained, because they'll say you're already employable to a level beyond what you were making in the military.
This is that moral betrayal. You think, “The government is going to be there to help me, and Veterans Affairs is there to help me”, but there is no help, because you've managed to cope on your own and get your own training.
