Veterans Affairs committee  I always had really great support from my chain of command and from my unit in general. One of the problems I had, for example, was with care delivery. I was originally sent to the Foothills Medical Centre in Calgary, Alberta. There was a real challenge with care delivery and qu

Veterans Affairs committee  I think in my scenario for all the severely injured they really do a thorough analysis of everybody. I had a lot of support and I've been doing really well. So I was really lucky, I could kind of overcome the demons. I haven't had a PTSD diagnosis. I would say it's more of a cult

Veterans Affairs committee  I'm going to say no. For example, there's a little bit of career guidance the military has, I think it's called SCAN, second career assistance network, and there's a whole group of briefs. SISIP comes as well before you start your VRPSM to tell you about certain programs that you

Veterans Affairs committee  I think I would like to see a little bit more of it because the way I describe it is it's like getting out of high school all over again. I have to figure out a new career, I have to figure out a new life and what I'm going to do for the rest of it. SISIP does an okay job, but

Veterans Affairs committee  No. The way the system is designed, especially the vocational rehab, it's the period of time that is covered. When I originally got told about it, I think it was $25,000, a program under $25,000, covering roughly 24 months, which is a two-year program. One of the problems I know

Veterans Affairs committee  That is my understanding. I'm looking at the system and it seems rather abysmal for anybody who's facing that. Again, my fear is that, say, my injuries compound to the point where I can no longer work. If I was working for a period, can I go back on ELB? How's that going to affec

Veterans Affairs committee  My understanding is they conduct a consult with an occupational therapist and they are the one who decides what aids to daily living are required. One of the problems I had was the occupational therapist recommended things that would cause substantial devaluation of my house. F

Veterans Affairs committee  Right now, I'm on VRPSM, which is from SISIP, so that's covering six months of transition. That's usually for technical training and trades training, and things like that. Given my disability, the trades are pretty much out for me. I'm not going to be a plumber or a electrician b

Veterans Affairs committee  I would say I have been able to utilize them in a really good way. The one problem I had was when I first started going to school, I wasn't necessarily sure I was ready to go back, because it was a whole different environment. I know school's roughly similar to the military, but

Veterans Affairs committee  I have two case managers. I have a Veterans Affairs case manager and I also have a DND case manager. My case manager in Calgary, Mimi Fortin, is a retired lieutenant-colonel from Canadian Forces. She handles things like whenever I need new legs and things like that, helping to ge

Veterans Affairs committee  Well, looking at it this way, the ELB is based on rank and not on disability. The previous system was based on your disability rather than rank and I would like to see that enacted, mainly because in some circumstances an individual who has a traumatic injury will earn less than

Veterans Affairs committee  Right now, all the educational opportunities I've been able to take advantage of are already pre-existing. So for example, I've been utilizing the ILP, the individual learning plan, part-time for the last two years. I'm currently on VRPSM, which is covered by SISIP, and that is c

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you, sir.

Veterans Affairs committee  I'd say they're quite a bit different. I'm actually just starting to move into the Veterans Affairs program, although I have utilized certain assets from Veterans Affairs. One of the great difficulties I had with the military was that there was an atmosphere that was totally un

Veterans Affairs committee  Sorry, years in the Canadian Forces?