National Defence committee  Well, I'm very glad to hear that. I actually haven't gone down and compared benefits for benefits and care for care. We were very lucky to bring on board an experienced and senior physiatrist to head our rehabilitation program. His name is Lieutenant-Colonel Markus Besemann. He

National Defence committee  Does the air force understand the concept of a centre of gravity, Mr. Hawn?

National Defence committee  Oh, good. We've been in this committee a long time.

National Defence committee  My centre of gravity is having the right mix of people with the right skills and experience in the right place at the right time. I'm talking about health human resources. That's my biggest challenge. I have smart and really committed people. If I could just make sure I have en

National Defence committee  It's always the intention of DND to meet the needs of all of our patients.

National Defence committee  When my magic wand comes back from the third line.

National Defence committee  They are very compelling stories. It's natural to pay attention to them. In fact, actually we're quite glad when people bring people back to our attention, because then we can try again.

National Defence committee  In regard to the CFHIS project, sir, its authority to spend money expires in--I'm not sure which--April or May 2010. So we're about a year away from the end of the project. I think it will probably take us about six months after that to get really good at manipulating all of the

National Defence committee  We actually did give some thought to that because we know there are people who will present with problems after the six-month screening has been done. We did give some thought to whether there was a need to systematically go back across and re-screen. It is an enormous effort to

National Defence committee  At some risk, I will disagree with General Semianiw. When you decide where you're going to put your major treatment centres for operational stress injuries, yes, proximity to the population at risk is very important, but you also have to be realistic about where the resources can

National Defence committee  I do.

National Defence committee  There are a lot of implicit questions in there. The short answer to the last part is, yes, in fact we're in the middle of collecting data on the health and lifestyle information survey at the moment. I have copies of this survey in English and French, which I can leave with the c

National Defence committee  We're talking about mild. We had a national-level conference on the issue in April last year. Since then we have put decision support tools into Afghanistan, algorithms that help our people in the front line determine whether there is cause for concern. You are right. I call it

National Defence committee  I have, yes.

National Defence committee  I would ask Mr. Bachand if he's ever been involved with the management or implementation of a large information technology project. The Canadian Forces health information system is now in phase three of its three-phase roll-out. The project concludes about a year and a month from