Veterans Affairs committee  Thanks very much, ma'am, for the question. I'll just say that about half of the federal employees accepted offers with the province. Before the transfer, we worked with the Province of Quebec to recruit and to train many additional staff for the hospital. One of the positives of

Veterans Affairs committee  Sir, we have to go back and actually look at all of the case files for the increase in the earnings loss benefit. We're actually bringing on casual staff and others, because as of October 1, 2016, the earnings loss benefit was to go from 75% to 90%. We're looking at all of those

Veterans Affairs committee  Correct.

Veterans Affairs committee  Exactly. Following us today—

Veterans Affairs committee  For a case like that where we have a requirement for short-term reinforcement, we would have casual or temporary folks come in to assist us, but while we have the adjudication of new files coming in, we're finding on a lot of files new applicants are coming in with these changes

Veterans Affairs committee  Sir, we will only bring in folks who are qualified. In Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, we have a lot of great folks who have been with the department or—

Veterans Affairs committee  Correct.

Veterans Affairs committee  Thanks very much for the question, sir. I don't have the detail of all the breakdowns that you're talking about in terms of how many are in the offices and the resources required for all of the case managers. Are you looking for, veteran by veteran, what the average cost is per

Veterans Affairs committee  If that's the case, we'll have to take that question under advisement and come back.

Public Accounts committee  Mr. Chair, we actually do have evidence, as you indicated, that the use and cost of marijuana for medical purposes has increased exponentially. We also have evidence that the use of opioids and other antidepressants has gone down.

Public Accounts committee  What we are lacking is the causal relationship. We are lacking causal evidence that one went up and the other went down.

Public Accounts committee  Thank you very much for your question. The well-being of our veterans is also our goal. It is truly a priority for us. To answer your question, I'm confident that our managers and our department's leadership and planning will be able to remedy the shortcomings identified in the

Public Accounts committee  In 2001, Health Canada indicated that marijuana for medical use should be accessible to all Canadians, and veterans are obviously are a part of our nation. In 2007, a senior official in the department approved, for compassionate reasons, marijuana for medical use by one individua

Public Accounts committee  I want to avoid the use of the word “prescribe”. It's “authority”. It's the authority a physician gives his or her patient to have access to an amount of marijuana. It has to do with the relationship between the physician and the patient. In 2014, the department, in trying to cap

Public Accounts committee  —and therefore that's one of the challenges. At the same time—