Government Operations committee  Normally, the ranking is very high. It's usually warrant officers who are in charge and it's usually corporals coming through. The answer to every question is “yes, sir” or “no, sir” when you're talking to a warrant officer. If you're talking about mortgages or family finances, you don't ever tell the warrant officer any of that.

Government Operations committee  Tell Chris I said “hi”.

Government Operations committee  We are all connected. If you ask that community, they're going to tell you what we need. We can't make the change, but if you can help with that, by all means ask us. We will give you the answers. We may not give you plausible answers, but if we can dream and be allowed to dream and give you something, the good idea fairy will probably end up working it into a policy that might work for all of us.

Government Operations committee  You do the reverse of what you did when you entered. They career manage you right through that system. They tell you how to apply for provincial health care. They give you the doctor list. They put you on these things. They can do it when you come in, so I don't understand why they can't do it when you go out.

Government Operations committee  To me, coming out of the military, it's a combined approach. The JPSU, the joint personnel support unit, which is set up to help transition you out of the Canadian Forces, generally speaking is a cushy post in the military.

Government Operations committee  When Adam was injured in Afghanistan in 2009, he was one of the first in the Atlantic provinces to come home injured. After us, they had a family liaison officer, and little aides-mémoire were put out. We had all kinds of help to get him back to the unit. If they did the exact same thing and had a liaison officer to walk you through your new career....

Government Operations committee  I'd say having a family liaison officer or some kind of career manager. They are already in place in the military. I don't see why, when you're transitioning out or into another career, that can't happen. There is the Canadian Forces Liaison Council that recognizes all those public service jobs that hire reservists and helps them.

Government Operations committee  To add to that, when you transition out, you go to your local military hospital and they give you four or five months' worth of prescription medication. They give you a little card. They say, “See you later and good luck.”

Government Operations committee  Yes, all at once.

Government Operations committee  First, to become military members, individuals need at least 13 weeks of basic training. Then they need six more months to pursue a specific career. Afterwards, they need two years to rise in the ranks—get their “stripes”, as we say—regardless of the career they choose. However, when it is time to leave the military, there is no training as such.

Government Operations committee  To answer your question about language, here's one of the things in terms of a lot of the transitioning vets who I've worked with, both through work and just because they're friends of ours. When SISIP repays for schooling and things, French-language training is not one of the ones that's on their list, and if you start at that program, then you can't do other things, because they only pay for one program.

Government Operations committee  It's not a thing. Borden might be a pilot, yes, but people are doing this now.

Government Operations committee  But the hiring manager—

Government Operations committee  As the hiring manager, the first thing you have to do before you run a selection process is that priority search. If in the priority search they don't get through the first screening process, they're done. It doesn't matter how many priorities you have. If they don't meet the translated language from their MPRR to their resumé for the selection process....

Government Operations committee  Because they have everything done for them.