Veterans Affairs committee  I'm trying to think if there was an outreach when I was in the military. Through the Canadian Medical Association, the Canadian Forces were represented at the specialist and the GP levels. I sat on the GP forum, and we had representatives at the Canadian Federation of Medical Stu

Veterans Affairs committee  You heard from a professional statistician epidemiologist, and I would be going out on a limb if I said that we were definitely seeing positive results, because they would ask me where are the statistics to support that. I am going to bring it back to our veterans assistance lin

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes I have, and we look forward to the report. As Madame Isabel mentioned, it was based on recommendations that came out of this committee that we increase the counselling sessions from eight to 20, because our numbers show that this is a service. I would like to remind you that

Veterans Affairs committee  I'll start, and then I'll pass it on. Within the Department of Veterans Affairs, we do have colleagues who are working specifically on a strategy for veterans in crisis, for the homeless. These are issues we can't work alone on, so they're very much connected with municipal and

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes, that's very good.

Veterans Affairs committee  We don't communicate with emergency medicine specifically, but we work very closely with the College of Family Physicians of Canada. They've struck a special group to produce educational material for all the family physicians in Canada, educating them on the health issues of mili

Veterans Affairs committee  This is the online caregiver. It was developed by Queen's University, the Royal Ottawa Hospital, and the Military Family Resource Centre. It was tested with actual caregivers who said this is what they needed. This is good. They went through all that process.

Veterans Affairs committee  It's about 23% of our clients who we have right now. It doesn't mean that there are.... We know from our research that another 20% have left the military not for medical reasons. They're not quite so sick that they would become our clients, but they struggle. It's probably an acc

Veterans Affairs committee  Of our clients 23% have a mental health disorder diagnosis.

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes.

Veterans Affairs committee  Are you speaking about a Canadian suicide prevention strategy?

Veterans Affairs committee  I think it will be helpful for everyone, veterans included. It is a public health issue. I think some work is being done. For the two years I've been with the department, we've collaborated with the Public Health Agency of Canada in developing a national framework. The CAF and se

Veterans Affairs committee  I would say it would be unusual for a military veteran to not either be connected.... Either they were diagnosed while they were still in the military, and they were put into care in their specialized clinics, which have a different acronym from ours but do the same thing, the sa

Veterans Affairs committee  It would be as long as anyone who would show up for the first time in one of our VAC offices and said—

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes, it's two to four weeks.