National Defence committee  Again, that is not within my purview. I look after the ill and injured. The universality of policy service question would have to be directed to the chief of military personnel.

National Defence committee  We are in fact employing some military personnel who doctors have told us have recovered enough to work in a peer support role. Within the JPSU we are using them. All of the people who are employed as public servants in the OSISS program are former serving members who suffered

National Defence committee  Absolutely.

National Defence committee  Without having the statistics before me, Mr. Chair, I would say that at minimum, 95% would go to their actual trade. Much less frequently will people change military occupations.

National Defence committee  As I mentioned earlier, one of the big issues is getting to treatment quickly. The quicker you can do that...and actually, to some of the perception, we have to convince people to get to care quickly. That's where groups such as this one, and the media and others, can be very hel

National Defence committee  In most cases, if the limitations are such that release is going to be recommended, it is quite rare that an individual would have met the standard to which you refer.

National Defence committee  I can't give you a cumulative number. The total posted to the JPSU right now is just under 2,000.

National Defence committee  We will do so.

National Defence committee  A number of people have been employed, and that's not the only program—

National Defence committee  I don't have specific numbers. I can tell you that we have close to 200 companies that have signed up for the program to employ people. We have not yet begun the performance measurement and we do not yet have the actual numbers of people employed to provide to you.

National Defence committee  The question would be better answered by helmets to hardhats, because they deal directly with the individuals, but I do not believe that many members have successfully completed that program yet.

National Defence committee  I would say that it absolutely is not a career ender. There are, of course, some cases where an individual will not recover. The problem is that the longer it takes to seek care, the more the illness develops, and it's harder to get to a point where you are well enough to return

National Defence committee  I can speak to the process as a whole. The organization to which you refer is the directorate of military career administration. When a person goes through treatment, at the end of that treatment the medical officer assigns a medical category. When that medical category has cha

National Defence committee  I believe it has been followed up on, although not in assigning someone specifically to each individual. As you correctly mentioned, the joint personnel support unit does provide that advocacy. The other good link for individuals is through the operational stress injury social s

National Defence committee  Yes. For personnel posted to the JPSU, one of the important things we've able to do now is that each one of the locations provides the same framework, the same programs, and the same methodology. So if an individual does need to move because their family, for example, which is hi