Veterans Affairs committee  I assume you mean that if they went back into a similar trade, they wouldn't be able to get....

Veterans Affairs committee  But why not? Isn't the whole idea of getting hurt...? Isn't the benefit...? Aren't you supposed to be trying to get better? If you can still do that job, why not? Here's a story. A guy had a bomb dropped on him in 2001 in the friendly fire incident. He was deemed 100% disabled,

Veterans Affairs committee  He has reached out. This has been an ongoing thing since September and he's on the mend now. But it took a barrage of Twitter and Facebook comments and everything else to get any attention paid to his situation. In the meantime, the burden is on someone, and I've had to cut this

Veterans Affairs committee  I don't think that hearing from the people who he's been fighting is going to really benefit him mentally right now. I'm not going to play armchair psychologist or anything, but he is getting the help that he needs. Again, I think maybe one of his biggest post-traumatic stress i

Veterans Affairs committee  I had nine years and seven months, I believe.

Veterans Affairs committee  I believe in 2015.

Veterans Affairs committee  I was very excited to hear about the increase and making it retroactive to the lump sum payment, but then the way that it was done it was so minimal. It was indexed. So, no, there hasn't been much change. Again, I have paperwork saying the reason my claim was denied is that I'm

Veterans Affairs committee  Maybe if they made the whole process more human instead of it being so cut and dried. There is no black and white with PTSD especially. There is a large gray area, and we need to work like human beings.

Veterans Affairs committee  There were a few different questions in there. Yes, I deal with a lot of people transitioning in and out, and it has been very successful that way. I'll give you just a quick story. My assistant was 30-some years in the military and is suicidal, as we speak. I moved him a block

Veterans Affairs committee  Any financial benefit to soldiers is very much needed. Lots of guys are suffering. I'm just excited to see how many people, when they're writing their cheques for income tax, say it's all they can afford right now. It can go both ways. Prime Minister Trudeau is so clear in saying

Veterans Affairs committee  I have no idea. I don't receive anything.

Veterans Affairs committee  I know it seems disjointed or as if it doesn't connect, but as soon as the current government decides to do what they said they were going to do and reinstate the pension, then maybe we would have a little security to be able to meet up and take a little time off work. I'm from V

Veterans Affairs committee  I'm a huge believer that returning to work is key to veterans' success and mental well-being. At the same time, the way the new Veterans Charter is set up, for many people there is no benefit to going back to work because there is a clawback for every dollar they make. So these g

Veterans Affairs committee  A lot of my success is a facade. I know Aaron Bedard, who I believe is still in the room, knows that more than anyone else. Being in a position where you are physically in pain all the time, you have to learn to put on a happy face. In real estate, my face is my money-maker. Wh

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes. It's super disheartening to hear that coming from our Prime Minister. I feel, too, like I've given too much. I gave up the sight in my eye, my health, my youth, and financial security for my country. I completely feel that the government in Canada has turned its back on the