Government Operations committee  Everything is done for a vet. When my husband came home.... Everything was done for him in Petawawa. Their power bill comes off their pay. If they need a couch, they go to the CANEX. When my husband came home to Nova Scotia and saw what our power bill was every three months, he was asking, “What is this?

Government Operations committee  It's convoluted.

Government Operations committee  That's important because she speaks about—

Government Operations committee  I can sum it up pretty quickly. He was injured in 2009 and he was kept in until 2014, when we were unnecessarily moved to Petawawa, because the tick in the box is to get the soldier back to their unit. My four kids and I moved back to Petawawa, bought a house, and on the first weekend we arrived, he said, “I can't do this job anymore.”

Government Operations committee  As managers, that's what we're told.

Government Operations committee  When you activate it, it's not as quick as hit the button and you're on the list. There's a three-month turnaround time.

Government Operations committee  It's two years.

Government Operations committee  Maybe it was for relevancy of skills, but it doesn't really apply, because the way their training works—

Government Operations committee  Exactly. The way their training works, it's not like that.

Government Operations committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. My name is Danielle Boutilier. I'm from Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, the unceded territory of the Mi'kmaq people, known as Unama’ki. I will continue in English, but feel free to ask your questions in French. I'm here today as the wife and caregiver of an injured veteran who was released.