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Veterans Affairs committee Oh, most certainly; our legislation provides that.
March 30th, 2010Committee meeting
John D. Larlee
Veterans Affairs committee Yes, we do from time to time, although when I discuss, at the heads of federal agencies meetings, the number of decisions we produce, they're quite surprised, because we produce quite a volume of decisions in a year.
March 30th, 2010Committee meeting
John D. Larlee
Veterans Affairs committee We presently have five members who are Canadian Forces veterans.
March 30th, 2010Committee meeting
John D. Larlee
Veterans Affairs committee Yes, there is, most definitely. Not only is there quite a lengthy training program when members are first appointed to the board, but we have continuing education for members. Most recently, we were in Vaudreuil, Quebec, near Sainte-Anne's, where the operational stress centre sent their experts to give us a conference on operational stress injuries and PTSD as recently as February.
March 30th, 2010Committee meeting
John D. Larlee
Veterans Affairs committee I am consulted by the minister's office with respect to what our needs are within the board and what our requirements are throughout the country—what positions we need to have filled, as far as capacity and bilingual needs are concerned—and we're always monitoring our workload to determine what our complement should be.
March 30th, 2010Committee meeting
John D. Larlee
Veterans Affairs committee That's correct, Mr. Chair.
March 30th, 2010Committee meeting
John D. Larlee
Veterans Affairs committee Thank you. Good morning, Mr. Chair and honourable committee members. Thank you for this invitation to appear before you in the context of your review of the new veterans charter. With me is Ms. Dale Sharkey, director general of the Veterans Review and Appeal Board. As this is my first appearance here, I would like to tell you a bit about myself.
March 30th, 2010Committee meeting
John D. Larlee