Electoral Reform committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. You are very generous. We usually get only two minutes to speak. I would like to come back to the referendum issue. I feel that a referendum must be held on the double-majority option—one for Canada's anglophones and another one for Quebec. If that is not done, Justin Trudeau will definitely adopt the preferential formula because it will benefit him.

Veterans Affairs committee  In order to get a number, you need a case, an assignment. If Charlottetown decides that a person is entitled to the services provided to veterans, then the person gets a number.

Veterans Affairs committee  Unless they are veterans, but in my opinion...

Veterans Affairs committee  Could you quickly explain the question to me?

Veterans Affairs committee  Civilian psychiatrists?

Veterans Affairs committee  I do not know whether they were qualified or not, but I knew that something was not working as it should. I do not think that their professionalism was the issue. However, my own ignorance as to these issues means that... The reports that were requested made it clear that there were signs of post-traumatic stress disorder, but nobody spoke to me about it.

Veterans Affairs committee  I did not need the services of a psychologist or a psychiatrist, because when I was in the Canadian armed forces, post-traumatic stress disorder did not exist.

Veterans Affairs committee  Exactly. There was no psychological follow-up after I returned. We came back from a mission and underwent blood and urine tests, and that was the end of it. We returned to another war mission. It was as simple as that. There was no follow-up, not until General Dallaire came on the scene in 1999-2000.

Veterans Affairs committee  Twenty years.

Veterans Affairs committee  I have a pension from the Canadian armed forces, but for Veterans Affairs, whatever the assignment, applications are sent to Montreal for evaluation. Then they are sent to Charlottetown, and that is where the decision is made. Then we get a veteran number, which is actually a card sent out to members for identification purposes.

Veterans Affairs committee  I just got the papers.