Veterans Affairs committee  Well, that's my point. What monitoring do we do to ensure that the successes are there? What are the challenges, and what needs to be changed? The Canadian Forces launched the Be the Difference campaign in 2009, and there has been no performance measurement done on that particula

Veterans Affairs committee  Well, I think we need to look at what we're doing in Canada. Certainly on the Canadian Forces side they've done an awful lot in terms of health care professionals and putting the programs in place while members are still serving. Our model is different from the American model.

Veterans Affairs committee  The first part starts in the education process prior to deployment, and it has to be accepted in the military culture. It cannot be career-ending. In that way people will come forward and get treatment, because it's that early intervention that's absolutely key to preventing thei

Veterans Affairs committee  I would say access to timely, high-quality care for both reservists and regular force members, regardless of where they live in Canada. It needs to be not just reactive but proactive care, care that reaches out to wherever they're located. It has to be standardized across the cou

Veterans Affairs committee  One of the areas that's recognized is the lack of research, particularly on mental health issues. There is no national research institute to prioritize and follow the research and define the programs that are needed. A key gap is gender and the impact of operational deployment on