National Defence committee  No, these are primarily veterans who live outside of Canada.

National Defence committee  For the most part, those tend to be people who live in Europe, and in particular, in the United Kingdom.

National Defence committee  I won't answer the question directly. I will say that I think the key to successful health for everyone in the military and as they become released and become veterans is to have resilience, not just physically, but mentally. I think that in this area, and I suppose it includes a

National Defence committee  That's certainly the one at the forefront of my mind. I would defer to my colleagues if they have other recommendations.

National Defence committee  Thank you.

National Defence committee  What I was speaking of was specifically for veterans. I cannot speak for the Department National Defence.

National Defence committee  There is one area I'm sure you're very well aware of from your work in this committee. It's the whole area of family services. One of the areas we struggle with in that particular domain is that services tend to be offered to family members based on their partner or their spouse

National Defence committee  For Veterans Affairs, except for a very high level of service to family members, the member that has served in the military must be a client before we can serve the family members. What I am recommending or suggesting, for your consideration, is that you think about a way we can

National Defence committee  Perhaps I can start with the holistic approach. I'd draw your attention to slide 14, which has our mental health framework. It's a very complicated slide, or it looks complicated. By holistic, what we mean is that when our front line staff are dealing with an individual with a

National Defence committee  I think the chart you have there is meant to indicate that we had five OSI clinics prior to budget 2007. Those are the ones in Calgary, Deer Lodge, Parkwood, and Sainte-Anne in Quebec. Those were the five original ones. The five at the bottom are the Canadian Forces' operational

National Defence committee  I can speak in general terms of the services we provide to families. The families of individuals who are clients of the department have access to a variety of services. The one that's most confidential is a 1-800 service, which provides confidential counselling to family member

National Defence committee  Correct.

National Defence committee  The RCMP people we are specifically referring to in this chart are people who have received a disability benefit as a result of their service with the military.

National Defence committee  That's an interesting observation, because in general--

National Defence committee  On your first question, I think the observation is very valid. I'd just make a couple of points. There was a recent research initiative in Australia that came out with some really interesting statistics around Korean veterans. They found that there was indeed a very significant