Veterans Affairs committee  Yes.

Veterans Affairs committee  Currently I'm on earnings loss benefit, which is the same program I was on before. I was placed on earnings loss benefit in 2010. At the time, the benefit was only 75% of my pre-release salary.

Veterans Affairs committee  With Bill C-55 they brought the bottom up to $40,000.

Veterans Affairs committee  So I'm receiving the bottom amount of that. With the SISIP clawback class action being settled, the clawback on the earnings loss benefit has stopped, so now I receive my pension act benefits on top.

Veterans Affairs committee  In terms of retraining, I've just started down the road with CanVet. I will note that, although I've been out of work for almost four years, I've never once been designated as permanently impaired or totally incapacitated. I'm not entitled to those benefits because, at 39%, I don

Veterans Affairs committee  I'm an open book.

Veterans Affairs committee  I was. I served with the 3rd Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment, based out of Petawawa. I served in Afghanistan, on Roto 0, Operation ATHENA, from August 2003 until February 2004.

Veterans Affairs committee  Absolutely.

Veterans Affairs committee  The benefits were put forward to me. I had a good chain of command. When I injured my knees overseas in Afghanistan, I had a call in right away to Veterans Affairs, because the date of the claim beginning is when the date of the benefits kick in. I was compensated under the Pensi

Veterans Affairs committee  That was 2010. I was receiving $1,500 a month from that and another $600 a month from my Pension Act benefits. That's for my knees and ears, and those were injuries incurred during my time in service.

Veterans Affairs committee  Well, what you're talking about with reference to the Pension Act is the disability compensation, right, and what's better about it, right? Well, it's for life, for starters. The current lump sum system is equivalent to only about 10 to 12 years of the compensation that you would

Veterans Affairs committee  To rehabilitate? Okay—

Veterans Affairs committee  The proper comparison would be to compare that to the War Veterans Allowance Act that followed the Second World War and was opened to Korean War veterans. That would be the proper comparison. That was proper reintegration on the part of government. There are other folks, such a

Veterans Affairs committee  Tommy has been an absolute delight. He saved my life in a lot of ways. He's given me back access in ways that I didn't have before. I've been debilitated with post-traumatic stress disorder since 2010, rarely leaving my residence, and to be able to be in Ottawa today and to do so

Veterans Affairs committee  There definitely could be more resources in place. This is a new program. Tommy is the first dog in British Columbia to receive his guide animal certificate for post-traumatic stress disorder. The benefits that Tommy brings forth give me a life back. I'm no longer confined to my