National Defence committee  I'll jump on what I think was the second of your three questions. Historically, we have released a thousand people, give or take, medically per year. That has been consistent. It's been 950 to 1,100 per year for the last 10 years. With respect to transfer of health records, the

National Defence committee  I would certainly hope so. As a case in point, I spoke earlier about the Be the Difference campaign launch. One of the individuals who came forward with a very touching testimonial of her own nightmarish mental health issues has since been promoted from major to light colonel. Th

National Defence committee  I would offer to you that more than any institution I've ever been associated with, the Canadian Forces is a learning institution. We have a very rigorous and robust lessons learned approach where we fold tactical lessons, communications lessons, back in from a lessons learned ap

National Defence committee  Thanks for that question. Strategic communications, specifically with respect to care and support for military members.... Success stories like these, in my estimation, frankly, don't make front pages of newspapers--regrettably. We have done so much in terms of medical care, non

National Defence committee  When we launched the “Be the Difference” campaign in 2009, we had five people come forward, very courageous people who had suffered depression, schizophrenia, post-traumatic stress disorder, and operational stress injuries, and stand up in a public forum to say, “I was there. I w

National Defence committee  I would offer you two opportunities. One is to have the individual approach his chain of command. That's what the chain of command is there for—to lobby, advocate, champion on an individual's behalf. That's the first thing. The second thing I would invite the individual to do wou

National Defence committee  Mr. Chair, in the event that the chain of command and the IPSC were to be unsuccessful--which, frankly, I have a very hard time believing--you could invite any member of Parliament to call Rear-Admiral Andy Smith.

National Defence committee  I'm going to ask Colonel Bernier to expand. I would put our mental health program up against any one of our allies' programs. The Road to Mental Readiness program was used as a model. It is a system the United States developed. I would submit to you objectively that our system

National Defence committee  I would say a couple of things in response. Colonel Bernier can expand subsequently. First, I would agree with you that there is not necessarily any set timeframe. We have had people who have been fully treated and have returned to work. I know personally of many people who have

National Defence committee  I'll take a quick run at the second question first and say that the Canadian Forces health information system, the electronic health records system that we have just put in place and are rolling out, I would submit, is a world-class electronic health records system, second to non

National Defence committee  Not necessarily.

National Defence committee  It does not include fallen members.

National Defence committee  The best man to answer your question is Colonel Bernier.

National Defence committee  It refers to the ill and injured specifically.

National Defence committee  My priorities are the ill, the injured and the missing. Support for missing members mainly involves the families.