Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you. The ANAVETS units, the Legion, and others are in these areas that are away from the military bases, for example. Our honorary president, Gerry Wharton, in fact put a challenge to ANAVETS units to go to local armouries and find out who's been tasked to go overseas and

Veterans Affairs committee  At the moment I can't think of anything.

Veterans Affairs committee  I'll send you an e-mail. Send me your e-mail address.

Veterans Affairs committee  This relates to your question. One of the problems with people who are released from the military is they frequently don't live just outside of the gate; they have their own location where their family is, so they move away. One of the problems is that the group of people who und

Veterans Affairs committee  I agree. It's whatever is going to help the veteran in the long term. I'm sure it can be worked out. Perhaps the military person has to give a waiver, but if it's for their own health and welfare, I would think, based on what you've told us, it's a good thing. We wouldn't want to

Veterans Affairs committee  I don't understand the question, to be honest with you.

Veterans Affairs committee  First of all, I don't believe it is taxable. Having said that, it's not supposed to be income, it's supposed to be—I don't know—something for the people who have gone through pain and suffering because of the injury they have, and this is some money for that pain and suffering, w

Veterans Affairs committee  I don't believe that the military people pay into SISIP for this coverage, for operational problems that accrue from being out of theatre and doing their job, for that matter. But I could be wrong there. I don't remember getting into who pays it. The problem with SISIP is it's ca

Veterans Affairs committee  One of the problems with SISIP, which is an insurance-based thing, is that they are the ones that are preventing higher levels of remuneration. Money was paid in such that people would get, for instance, 75% of their wages, and half their taxes. Because the money was put in, that

Veterans Affairs committee  We've gone through this in our meetings. With respect to the pain and suffering—and it is only pain and suffering—it's clear that the way it was brought out is the only reason it's there. You were talking about the rate?

Veterans Affairs committee  If you go to the people who run insurance programs, especially people who look after injuries, there's well- established information. They can look at the information and know how particular ranks progress—on average—during the course of a career. Some people might be getting out

Veterans Affairs committee  One of the problems you're dealing with, and we've talked about it, and certainly returning to work is good, because when you return to work you're dealing with outsiders who can see a problem developing.... In the home, it's another story. You don't know you have PTSD, and somet

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes, that's one of the problems they're faced with: it's all based on getting out; a whole series of things happen when the person gets out. By delaying it two or three years, some of those things are missed. That's one of the issues that was raised here, that somehow we have to

Veterans Affairs committee  I just want to agree with you that there are many things that have to be done. One of the problems is that although the Department of Veterans Affairs is working on a lot of individual items, we don't hear about it enough. We know, for example, that we're looking at SISIP and try

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes. I'd like to speak on that topic. One of the problems—and it's a veterans affairs thing—is that, quite frankly, many of the new veterans do not join organizations such as ours, which creates a problem. We have a lot of World War II vets and a lot of Korean vets, but most of