Veterans Affairs committee  Sure. Thank you very much. I think there's a tendency in Canadian society and perhaps others to associate PTSD and veterans as synonymous. PTSD is actually a societal issue. In emergency services, if you're a paramedic, a fireman, a policeman, you can also get PTSD, as in other

Veterans Affairs committee  I couldn't agree with you more. The Americans do it well. I believe the motto of one of their military academies is something like, we are training America's future leaders. From the very beginning, a serviceman or servicewoman should already be thinking about their post-military

Veterans Affairs committee  Absolutely.

Veterans Affairs committee  I know there are some skills translation abilities on the Veterans Affairs website. I think it's important to note that a Canadian-made solution, which may not include translation but it does include job search, is being put together by Kijiji, which is Canadian. It's important t

Veterans Affairs committee  Treble Victor was not.

Veterans Affairs committee  I think there is. On a very small scale we have Lieutenant-Colonel Chris Linford and his spouse, who are travelling the country talking about his experience, and not just his experience as a veteran but his wife's and his family's experience through the PTSD trials and tribulat

Veterans Affairs committee  I think it's important to note that there are several buckets, if you will, of stakeholders. I think the minister had three. I think our organizations fall into the third. That summit was only for the first two buckets, so it's not like we're being excluded.