Veterans Affairs committee  It's a good question. Again, it would depend where they had deployed and whether.... I mean, there should be records. I assume that those records would be within the Canadian military.

Veterans Affairs committee  It would have been while they were serving that they took it.

Veterans Affairs committee  You're talking about—

Veterans Affairs committee  I am unclear what you're talking about, because we don't actually have numbers.

Veterans Affairs committee  Do you mean claims once they were released?

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes. At Veterans Affairs Canada, in the case management file, we have put in place a flag for that.

Veterans Affairs committee  Again, I think anything I would say would really be speculation. What you said might be reasonable. Is it related to people who've had more traumatic experiences overseas during their deployments? It could be. The bottom line is that we don't really know, but certainly that increase in the army, or certain parts of the army, has coincided right with our time in Afghanistan.

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes, that's right.

Veterans Affairs committee  I just looked over my shoulder at my medical director, and she just smiled, so I actually don't know. But if there hasn't been, that's a great suggestion, and we will look into that. Really, we would like every front-line physician in Canada to be aware of issues that veterans may present with.

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes. We've started, in the last couple of years especially, initiating relationships with the College of Family Physicians of Canada, with providers, with some organizations, such as Calian, that have clinics and are interested in accepting veterans as their patients. We're looking at all kinds of things to help us make sure veterans are in care so that every veteran has a family physician.

Veterans Affairs committee  Right, and they show up in the emergency department.

Veterans Affairs committee  Absolutely.

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes. Even for emergency physicians to ask people if they've ever been a member.... Often that question isn't even asked of the patient who comes in.

Veterans Affairs committee  Let me say first that Veterans Affairs Canada does not prescribe or authorize marijuana or any medications. What we do is fund treatments, and we fund marijuana to a certain extent. Before, Veterans Affairs Canada was funding up to 10 grams per day of marijuana for an individual.

Veterans Affairs committee  This decision was actually made before I started working for Veterans Affairs Canada, but I know the people who sat on the expert panel who were consulted. They included—