Health committee  I'm giving the opening remarks.

Health committee  Thank you very much for this opportunity to speak on Bill C-300. Lieutenant-Colonel Bailey and I represent the Canadian Forces, more specifically, Canadian Forces health services. The CF has placed a particular emphasis on suicide prevention for many years. In the interest of

Health committee  Respectfully, we aren't letting our young people down. We have the highest ratio of mental health professionals to soldiers in all of NATO. We have evidence-based programs. We have education programs, transition programs, and third location decompression. We are preparing people

National Defence committee  I want to begin by thanking you, Mr. Chair, for this opportunity to speak with you and the members of the committee. I also want to thank you for your ongoing interest and support regarding the health of our men and women in uniform and our veterans. Your support is particularl

National Defence committee  I am concerned hearing that, yes. I was disturbed to hear that.

National Defence committee  I can't speak for the specific case. Normally a medical evacuation is a process that involves many people: communication, determining the route the person goes, whether they're accompanied or unaccompanied, whether it's a STRATEVAC, whether they go via Landstuhl, so I can't spe

National Defence committee  I'm not sure what you mean by common sense.

National Defence committee  I think that decision lies elsewhere in the department than in health services.

National Defence committee  I think it's an ongoing process of education. We continue to need to educate leadership, members, and our own medical personnel to continue to encourage people to come forward. We believe that the best chance people have of retaining their careers is to come forward for treatment

National Defence committee  There's been a change of leadership within the mental health clinic. There has been some hiring, some increased staffing. We've posted an experienced major psychiatrist in to help out also. The continued working between the mental health folks and the relationship between the pri

National Defence committee  We have regular meetings, national meetings, and national meetings to which the senior medical officers come. I often speak at those. We continue to explain, understand, and educate on the perspectives from all the folks.

National Defence committee  That's not entirely true. For thousands of years people have recognized the suffering of people post-conflict. There have been times—during World War I, for example—when people speculated that it might be a physical result of the shaken brain. I think people, especially in the he

National Defence committee  There have been major gains in Petawawa since that report was written.

National Defence committee  Absolutely. I'm not sure what I....

National Defence committee  Yes, and I said there have been major gains.