Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you so much. I have to tell you, Mr. Chair, that I forgot my notes once again. It's the story of my life. I will count on you to let me know when my time is up, because I have so much to tell you all. First of all, thank you very much. You may remember me as the vet's sp

Veterans Affairs committee  Let's work on an action plan. I believe this is doable. Right now there is nothing for spouses like me—nothing. I am told to go back to civilian resources. Where are they?

Veterans Affairs committee  Acknowledge the reality, okay? If someone arrives with a diagnosis, could you all just take it for granted that you already have someone impacted? The whole family is already impacted. We need a package the moment they have the diagnosis. In my case, I don't see why I had to wai

Veterans Affairs committee  Prevention.

Veterans Affairs committee  I will be honest with you. My answer will be sort of political. Just remember that last August, families were promised $100 million a year. Do you all remember that, in August? I remember. I was there, at the press conference. Now everybody seems to have forgotten about it. I

Veterans Affairs committee  If you help me, you help my husband, and if you help my husband, you help me. Again, I cannot speak on behalf of everybody, but I believe people should have a choice. Yes, education could be oriented in a therapeutic way for my husband, but it could also be for me—whatever suits

Veterans Affairs committee  It's for the veteran. Everything is through the veteran, and if he doesn't have that.... With education, we're talking about going back to school?

Veterans Affairs committee  This is not what I'm talking about. I don't want to go back to school three years in a row.

Veterans Affairs committee  I think there is no overall solution that can address all of that. That said, I believe efforts are being made. Can the result be felt completely, from one end of the country to the other? I doubt it. It may still be too soon to say, but one thing is for sure: adding more case ma

Veterans Affairs committee  I'm going to talk to you from my perspective of being homeless. When I left, I was told that I could call the Legion, for instance. Can I take 20 seconds of your time to please acknowledge the fact there is a profound disconnect between what you hear from the executive committee

Veterans Affairs committee  I totally respect what Carla says. For my part, I would like to say that, as a member of the family advisory committee, one of my top priorities would be to give the family a voice. First of all, please, no more caregiver relief benefit...which was developed as a political react

Veterans Affairs committee  It went off the rail the moment I met him, because he was coming to me wounded from the Canadian Armed Forces. I'd like to remind you, the JPSU has an 18-month delay. Do you know what that means?

Veterans Affairs committee  It means they are coming already wounded from a system that is already abandoning them. Whose burden will it be, do you think? It's yours. Everybody's closing their eyes on everybody's responsibility, first of all. Of course, it derailed from the moment he was wounded. He didn't

Veterans Affairs committee  Let's talk about the quality of life form. Can your husband do grocery shopping? Yes. Yes, with help. No. Well, is it his PTSD? Is it his backbone? Is it his knees? The forms are ridiculous. You know what? We never know what to answer, because all of a sudden we're going to say t

Veterans Affairs committee  Very quickly, what it meant in our lives was that my 15-year-old son used to go in the street to buy the marijuana for his step-father. This is the result.