Veterans Affairs committee  I would offer a few comments. First of all, there is ongoing awareness that Veterans Affairs Canada is there. We are meant to have a seamless transition to Veterans Affairs should they need the services of Veterans Affairs. That's one aspect. There's also the SISIP financial s

Veterans Affairs committee  I take it by your question that these are able-bodied people who are not necessarily ill or injured but who elect to transition to civilian life prior to a full 35-year career.

Veterans Affairs committee  The primary service and support available to those people is the second career assistance network that I spoke of. These are transition seminars, sessions, and symposiums that are regularly scheduled across the country by a cadre of specialists to help people understand the vario

Veterans Affairs committee  Certainly. That really falls into the two categories of physical and mental injuries. I will deal first with the physical injuries, and specifically with injuries suffered by those who have been unfortunate enough to have lost limbs. The government has recently purchased two c

Veterans Affairs committee  As people look to get back on their feet, we also have an ability to modify homes and vehicles, at public expense, for people who have amputations to help them lead as typical as possible a life as they would have previously. I should say there's both a public and a non-public ab

Veterans Affairs committee  I would go back to my earlier comments related to the third-location decompression on Cyprus. I was fortunate enough to witness this first-hand just over a year ago. Young men and women getting off the plane from Kandahar to Cyprus were not allowed to go their room, to the pool,

Veterans Affairs committee  To that I would add some of the ongoing work we're doing with corporate Canada, as I have come to appreciate. The cartage and moving companies, some of the big food warehouse distribution companies, and the financial and the banking industry have foreseen a significant manpower s

Veterans Affairs committee  As you'll recall from my opening comments, the transition services largely apply equally to regular force members and full-time reservists. I'll ask Colonel Blais to go into greater detail, but part-time reservists do have a different construct.

Veterans Affairs committee  Mr. Chairman, I would simply like to say that so far, no decision has been announced by the government. I will leave it at that.

Veterans Affairs committee  The joint personnel support unit, which we stood up in 2009, is commanded by Colonel Blais, to my right. It has a series of performance measures that we continue to develop, implement, track, and monitor to gauge the effectiveness and efficiency of the various support services pr

Veterans Affairs committee  With respect to how we're doing, the trend in terms of clients has risen steadily since we introduced the IPSC in 2009, and it has been reassuring to know that people feel comfortable enough to come forward to seek the assistance they need, whether they be ill or injured. In some

Veterans Affairs committee  Inside the military, we call that mission command. We give individuals the task, the resources to get on with the task at hand, and then the flexibility to implement that and manoeuvre to meet the goal. That's an inherent part of military leadership.

Veterans Affairs committee  It is Mr. Hillier.

Veterans Affairs committee  Following the introduction of the new Veterans Charter in 2006, Veterans Affairs contracted with a company that I believe is called Right Management. They have a mandate, as I understand it--because, in fairness, it's a Veterans Affairs program--that is open to all members of the

Veterans Affairs committee  The life-after survey study you speak of was a joint study by Veterans Affairs Canada, DND, and Statistics Canada, and you're right that there were some interesting observations about income levels after service. The Canadian Forces have not, per se, done anything specific with