Veterans Affairs committee  No. It was something that was kept under wraps. My service was from 2001 until 2010. When my demons started surfacing in 2005, I did approach some people in my unit to say, “Hey, this is happening. I need help,” and the first officer I approached said, “I have that too. Don't let anyone else know or you'll be out of the military faster than you can finish this sentence.”

Veterans Affairs committee  The form is the same. It's the CF 98, as I recall. That's for reporting any incident that causes injury. In general those are only used for physical injuries. With psychological injuries, it's not that you're on the field, you see something, and it's “Oh my God, I'm hurt”, because that's not there.

Veterans Affairs committee  For the single incident type of situation?

Veterans Affairs committee  I'll speak first to the idea of the single incident. There should be a mechanism in place to figure out which med techs, the corporals, master corporals, and sergeants in the medical service, are actually on site when something happens. That would be one way of tracking that. You may have a potential down the road, as this person was involved.

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you. I'm going to read a statement I prepared. It may be easier instead of my going off on a long-winded, antagonistic rant. To members of the Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs, thank you for this opportunity to provide a statement regarding service delivery to veterans by Veterans Affairs Canada.