National Defence committee  They don't for full-time regular force members. There are insurance programs available—for example, SISIP, the service income supplement insurance program—but for their care, so long as they're members of the armed forces, any element of their health care would be the responsibil

National Defence committee  While they're in service, they receive all their regular salary, etc., so they don't need disability insurance. But once they're released, once they're transferred, if they have to be medically released because the severity of their illness precludes their ongoing service, then i

National Defence committee  They may be referred to outside sources by the military, but the general principle of continuity of care requires that they be part of the military health system, that their care be quarterbacked. There have been some tragic, tragic circumstances, in cases that have led even to d

National Defence committee  Sir, 90% of those who don't present for care don't present for care because they think they don't need care.

National Defence committee  Thank you, ma'am. We track wait times for care. We also have the Statistics Canada study going on right now tracking people who don't present for care and the reasons why. We're establishing, as part of the strategy, some quality assurance, a clinical outcomes management tool th

National Defence committee  Everybody is issued a Blue Cross card, or a third party insurer card, so that no matter where they are—even if they're on holiday in Thailand—they'll have all their health care paid for. For regular force members, full-time members of the armed forces, the armed forces aren't onl

National Defence committee  If there's a military facility nearby, and it's open, they go there and they'll get care. It depends on what kind of care. If it's a traumatic injury that requires immediate surgery and critical care, then it would be 911, but all costs are covered by the defence department. So a

National Defence committee  No, we still have challenges. One of the big challenges is that if the troops don't trust there are two problems. One is if the troops perceive that operational stress injuries are the only things that are important and that the bulk of illnesses that come from the routine exposu

National Defence committee  No. We're currently re-evaluating whether to our psychologists we would add uniformed psychologists. We have psychologists. We need them and we use them extensively.

National Defence committee  Until now, we haven't found a need for it because the only reason we would have them in uniform is for deployed operations.

National Defence committee  But we're re-evaluating now as to whether or not.

National Defence committee  No, in fact, I approved that briefing note. We need psychologists. That's why we have them. The question is do we need them in deployed operations.

National Defence committee  No. What I said in French is that we're conducting an evaluation of whether we need it overseas. So up until now, up until this evaluation and our experience in Afghanistan, we didn't find a need for them. However, as a result of the experience of others as a result of the experi

National Defence committee  That briefing note was the launch.... If you look at the end of the briefing note, you'll see that it talks about the need for us to evaluate but within a year there will be a re-evaluation of whether or not we need uniformed psychologists.

National Defence committee  We have psychologists. The question is whether or not do we need them—