Veterans Affairs committee  Trust is nothing to be trifled with for the military person. They trust somebody that they don't even know, a private, with their lives. With people I've never met before, when I'm in Cambodia, if they're Canadian soldiers, I know I'm in good hands. That's trust. They also trust

Veterans Affairs committee  There's also bad data. That's the worst thing that could happen, if you go off in a direction based on bad data. However, certainly by this stage of the game, the Canadian Armed Forces and Veterans Affairs Canada, if they've been doing what they agreed to do, which is post-relea

Veterans Affairs committee  Once again, I looked at the report and the document that I submitted where they stopped producing data in 2008. Obviously, they clearly have the data from 2008; why they didn't release it I don't know. That was not a very good time to stop collecting data. I don't think we have a

Veterans Affairs committee  That's the best one. When I was in the JPSU it was heartbreaking to see someone with talent leaving. They would have 20 or 30 years' experience, all the qualifications, millions of dollars, priceless experience, and a bad knee, and they had everything else, all the boxes checked,

Veterans Affairs committee  Based on what I see the JPSU doing and the way they are going forward, I would tell them to stop. What they have to do is think outside of the box. They are very much military minded, and they are trying to use all the military documents and stuff like that to guide them. When y

Veterans Affairs committee  Exactly, and they over-complicate it. If you've noticed, I think the JPSU went through five commanding officers within a year. That's unheard of. That's not a red flag: that's fireworks. Something is going on there that I think is causing senior officers—generals—to say “I don't

Veterans Affairs committee  Well, they mention stigma quite a bit, and that is a challenge. I have PTSD. As a sergeant major, I was diagnosed late, in 2007 or so. Part of being at that rank level is that you have to be able to approach somebody to let them know, “Hey, I'm a sergeant major and I have PTSD.

Veterans Affairs committee  The financial challenges with—?

Veterans Affairs committee  I'll tell you one challenge that I hope they've maybe fixed already. For example, say you have a private and a colonel in the same vehicle and the vehicle gets into an accident. They have identical injuries. Both people must have their houses modified. The private has a house wo

Veterans Affairs committee  Gotcha.

Veterans Affairs committee  Understood.

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes, I couldn't read one of the prescriptions, anyway.

Veterans Affairs committee  I totally agree. I do believe that the Canadian Forces are digitalized now, but—

Veterans Affairs committee  They can send the information on veterans, but I do agree exactly with what you're saying. It should be across the board.

Veterans Affairs committee  I'll go right to the joint personnel support unit again. I don't have to go far from that particular unit. It is the unit that is supposed to bridge the gap between civilian and military. That's the bridge. As I mentioned earlier, a priority six is the lowest priority that the C