Veterans Affairs committee  Again, we work closely with our CAF colleagues. They have a chair in military mental health at the Royal Ottawa. We have our OSI clinic at the Royal Ottawa. They have an institute of research and several chairs looking at sleep and PTSD, and suicide. We want, through our CAF part

Veterans Affairs committee  To reinforce what the ADM has said, all the OSI clinics offer services to the family members of the clients they see. Whether it's immediate family, the spouse, or the children, they're all included. The MFRCs also look after the families. As well, outside the more acute care of

Veterans Affairs committee  For the centre of excellence on mental health and PTSD, we've been consulting with the minister's mental health advisory group as to what they see being needed in that centre. What we want out of that is to better understand mental health, operational stress injuries, PTSD, bec

Public Accounts committee  Yes. The policy review is including an extensive literature review, and we're working with Health Canada. They've been very gracious in sharing the literature review that they're doing on that. Certainly that will be factored into our policy review.

Public Accounts committee  When I arrived, there wasn't a pharmacist in the position—

Public Accounts committee  —from the department, but there were pharmacists on the formulary review committee, from Blue Cross Medavie.

Public Accounts committee  I can't really speculate on things before I got there. I can only say what I observed when I got there, and the way forward as the deputy has indicated.

Public Accounts committee  With respect to the amount, we can't assume they're smoking the entire 10 grams every day. When we talk to the veterans, some put it in their smoothies, some make brownies with it, and some extract oil, which requires higher quantities. We can't assume that all of our clients are

Public Accounts committee  Yes, I have it right here. That's what they report. They're not recommending, but they're reporting that—

Public Accounts committee  I want to just clarify that we don't prescribe.

Public Accounts committee  We don't prescribe for any issue. That would be their attending doctor.

Public Accounts committee  I think it's in the order of 900. As the deputy said, most people report that it's mainly for musculoskeletal related pain.

Public Accounts committee  I have to say that this is in the realm of clinical research, and we don't do clinical research. It's a very good question and it's a question that is being looked at.

Public Accounts committee  I want to say upfront, and I don't want this to sound like an excuse, but we are not a health care system. We don't prescribe. We don't provide the care directly. We manage a drug formulary. We make available and accessible the drugs that our population needs, and at the best pri

Public Accounts committee  With respect to marijuana and its authorization, I want to make the distinction that these are not prescriptions, but authorizations for access.