National Defence committee  From what I'm hearing, because I also live in the Petawawa area, and from what I'm seeing in my own private practice, it unfortunately is going to take quite a bit. There needs to be an increase in staff in terms of what I believe is called the mental health clinic, although General Dallaire said that they're not using that name any more.

National Defence committee  My experience in trying to come back into the military as a civilian to help in the area of mental health is that I have been told outright, including by lots of people in the social work department at Base Petawawa—by the base surgeon, and by Calian, which does the contract hiring—that there are only certain professionals they recognize as being able to provide the care that is needed.

National Defence committee  Chaplains are front-line people. We are the people who are contacted when there is a problem that has anything to do with personnel or family, so much so that when social workers in Petawawa hung up their telephones at four o'clock and went home they in fact left a message on their telephones that said to contact the duty chaplain.

National Defence committee  Mr. Chair, I am the Reverend Captain (Retired) Allan Studd. I'm an Anglican priest and a retired Canadian Forces chaplain and a marriage and family therapist. I am the son and grandson of career members of the Canadian Forces. I grew up on base at Wainwright, Borden, and Oakville.