Veterans Affairs committee  Mr. Chair, I just want to thank you all for your interest in this. We know we have to support, and it's something that's very important to us as we go forward. We are an organization trying to transform our culture. This is something that, as we go forward, we know we have to get

Veterans Affairs committee  If I may, I will ask Mr. White to answer that question.

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes. We have a critical incident stress management guide for those teams, and Steve will outline quickly what that means.

Veterans Affairs committee  We have our psychologists who are always at the critical incident debriefing. There's an automatic debriefing that's been mandated after any critical incident. At times we have gone to Health Canada using contracting through the employee assistance program to get more people on t

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes. It's not just about what everyone would think is the worst-case scenario, like a shooting. No. It's really for the managers to understand that different things could be critical incidents. They have to watch for these and they have to ensure they get the help for their mem

Veterans Affairs committee  All I can tell you is that I can get you what we have on the ground, and we can give you funded vacancies. What we're doing is we're going to Depot.... Right now we're going to 34 troops this year, with about 32 people per troop. We've made the decision to go to 40 troops by 201

Veterans Affairs committee  I cannot speak for National Defence. We are trying to raise awareness and have been focusing on that since we launched our prevention strategy in order to make sure that the members understand. That said, the training program road to mental readiness, or R2MR, was established b

Veterans Affairs committee  All those reports are part of the medical records. We all have a medical record, just like military members. I have a medical record. I will ask Mr. Lebrun to explain to you how this information is passed on to Veterans Affairs Canada.

Veterans Affairs committee  I will clarify something. Sometimes, an RCMP member must get another report. If it's not in their medical records, they have to see a physician, like a military member does, to obtain that report and transmit it to Veterans Affairs Canada.

Veterans Affairs committee  I find that the RCMP maintains a good relationship with Veterans Affairs Canada and with the military. The service is incredible. Those people help us a lot and are ready to listen to us.

Veterans Affairs committee  I agree. That's something that...as we drill down and talk to our vets as we look at our programs. Obviously, OSI offices are not ours. They are with the military. I know they have one in Winnipeg. I agree, the more we can get to our members.... Now we are looking at what we can

Veterans Affairs committee  Oh, yes.

Veterans Affairs committee  I agree.

Veterans Affairs committee  Just to clarify, I believe it's the same OSI clinic they are going to. They use the same clinics.

Veterans Affairs committee  It's the same clinic and the same services.