Mr. Speaker, under the universality of service policy, a soldier must be employable and deployable for general operational duties.
Soldiers with post-traumatic stress refrain from seeking help out of fear of losing their jobs and their pensions. What is more, if they seek help and are sent back to civilian life before completing their 10-year term, they are not entitled to the services provided by Veterans Affairs Canada, which the ombudsman has strongly condemned.
How can the Conservatives justify such a lack of consistency?