Veterans Affairs committee  I'm familiar with some members who are using those facilities and the peer support program as well. Those who go there seem happy. They seem satisfied with it. Again, others have opted not to go that way. It's a personal thing, rather than mandatory.

Veterans Affairs committee  We have what's called the MEAP, a member/employee assistance program, which is fundamentally the same as what you experienced. That program has been around for a while, and we see it as a core program. It works as well as the confidentiality that it proposes to have. If one or tw

Veterans Affairs committee  The member will receive a package dealing with his discharge. In that package there will be a number of provisions or options for the member, both under insurance and under health care. In a normal discharge, if the member is in possession of any Veterans Affairs disability pensi

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you.

Veterans Affairs committee  I appreciate that. I think, really, that one can't happen without the assistance of the other. I'll tie that directly to VIP and chronic care. If those two are not chugging in the same direction, we're going to be stalled for many more years. You know my view on that. In my orga

Veterans Affairs committee  I could probably make it longer, but I'll go with interest. I don't mean to be cruel, but sometimes those in power don't want to know, so the second is knowledge. The third is process.

Veterans Affairs committee  I have only a couple of quick comments. Primarily I want to refer you to something that each of you was provided with in the House. If you're doing a review on post-traumatic stress, this book should be on your file somewhere. This publication is true. It's not driven by managem

Veterans Affairs committee  I thank you very much. I went farther than I thought I would be able to, so I appreciate that.

Veterans Affairs committee  There are a couple of other things. I have nine recommendations, and you have those in front of you. I recommend that VIP and chronic care become an immediate priority of government and that relevant legislation be created and/or amended to enable members with disabilities to r

Veterans Affairs committee  It's a good day for colours, eh? Mr. Chairman, with your patience, I would like to take this moment to acknowledge the presence of my own constituency's member of Parliament, Mr. Stoffer. I don't have to go back to our area and say that I saw him working; most of us take Peter f

Health committee  That wasn't the case with Paul Smith and his wife when they went north. Does it happen? Yes, it does happen. We found out a little while ago that officers weren't pre-screened prior to departure. We understand we've closed that gap now. Those are things we worked through, and I c

Health committee  I commented earlier about being envious of the military situation. I realize that they pick up and leave and need to be self-contained. I don't think it would ever be practical for us to do that. I think, though, that we have some similar good things happening in our organization

Health committee  Mr. Stoffer, I know it's being looked at in different capacities as we speak, but I'm not really privy to the legal work and the consequences in order to answer it. We are looking at some issues now of being able to have medical cards in certain divisions. For instance, as I me

Health committee  If I may, sir—and I hope I have captured your question correctly—from a point of view of being able to take on these unique services, in fact we haven't. We're floundering in that area. I'm a bit jealous to hear some of the successes on the military achievements medically. When y

Health committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. Good morning, Madam Chair, committee members, and guests. It's with great pride that I come before you today, and sadly, with great emotion concerning my topic and our force, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. I'm a proud member of the RCMP, serving in