Veterans Affairs committee  It replaced NDMC as a clinical facility.

Veterans Affairs committee  It's very pretty.

Veterans Affairs committee  That needs to be streamlined.

Veterans Affairs committee  If we're into problem solving here, I think a better solution is to create a more streamlined transition between Canadian Forces health services and Veterans Affairs Canada for the services that can be provided. Right now it is not that streamlined. Canadian Forces health servi

Veterans Affairs committee  I'd be happy to answer that one. I worked for the last 25 years in health services. We gave up—well, it was dropped from our mandate—dependant care, years ago. Almost 25 years ago it was dropped because it was not sustainable from an operational perspective. To think now that w

Veterans Affairs committee  Operationally feasible. We don't have the personnel. We barely have the personnel now. After eight or nine years of kicking up the sand in Afghanistan, the sharp edges of Canadian Forces health services are all broken off, let me tell you. It's a very, very tired service after mu

Veterans Affairs committee  I just retired after 32 years of service in the armed forces. I've done a few missions and a few unsavoury types of things that the Canadian government wanted me to do. We often operated on the 80% solution. I think you guys could do that too. There's room to come back to it late

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes, thank you. I was impacted by PTSD 20 years ago this summer. I was on the same mission that Senator Dallaire was on in Rwanda. It took me 18 years to figure out it wasn't all about me. The impact on my family, my wife, my children was profound. They are now all in care for t

Veterans Affairs committee  I think there are some issues definitely with transition programs, especially for young veterans who are injured. Some of them are still getting their brains wrapped around the fact that their lives are profoundly changed. There is an issue with stigma. Everybody knows the big