Madam Chair, I want to thank my colleague for her passion and compassion. I see it every day, as she is part of my leadership team. I am very proud to leverage that passion, compassion and sense of humour.
The member knows that mental health is an area that I have tried to work on since I left the military. As I saw the impact of help for veterans and first responders, that has expanded my work in Durham to working with anyone on wellness and programming, including for victims of sexual trauma in the Canadian Armed Forces. There are a great number of women advocates in a group called “It's Just 700” who are fighting to highlight that. It has been disappointing to see the government not rooting out a culture of cover-ups and harassment in the forces. We need to do better.