Veterans Affairs committee  There is a price. There are 236 names of those who made the ultimate sacrifice listed on the RCMP honour roll at Depot Division in Regina, Saskatchewan. The most recent is Constable David Wynn, killed in January 2015 by a gunman's bullet in St. Albert, Alberta. Auxiliary Consta

Veterans Affairs committee  That's hard to say. Of the RCMP who have served in overseas operations, Haiti primarily, but other countries as well, including Afghanistan, I don't think there's a large enough number, and it's probably too soon to tell whether they have special needs as a result of their servic

Veterans Affairs committee  The RCMP Veterans' Association has been honoured to appear before the Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs. At previous Veterans Affairs summits, ministers and senior departmental officials as well as the veterans ombudsman have underlined the fact that all honourably released

Veterans Affairs committee  That is correct. Part II of the RCMP Superannuation Act states that if a member or a former member of the RCMP—regular and civilian members only—has had a service-related injury or illness that leads to a permanent disability, then through the Pension Act they are entitled to a b

Veterans Affairs committee  They are not.

Veterans Affairs committee  Correct. The impact of remaining on the Pension Act, as though we were pre-2006 armed forces veterans, means that the caseload under the old regime will continue to grow, and maybe grow a lot, despite the fact that the new Veterans Charter was intended to replace the former syste

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes, it is. As I said, the transition model for the RCMP not the same as it is with the Canadian Armed Forces. Traditionally and historically, members would join and would have a full career, would go to 35 years, sometimes beyond, and there would not be this issue of transitioni

Veterans Affairs committee  That's a very hard question to answer, and I'm not sure I can, whether it's more, less, or the same. The kinds of people who are in the RCMP now are different from those who had been in many years before. Women have only been able to become members of the RCMP starting in 1974. T

Veterans Affairs committee  Are you talking about Veterans Affairs providing—

Veterans Affairs committee  I'm not sure I can answer that question, either, whether it's adequate or not. I think there's a growing understanding. As I said before, the RCMP is now looking at its mental health strategy through its Road to Mental Readiness. Its occupational health and safety strategies are

Veterans Affairs committee  Of course, I'm not in the RCMP. I'm in the RCMP Veterans' Association, and so I cannot speak specifically about how programs and operations within the force are proceeding. Anecdotally, there has been a lot of emphasis on the Road to Mental Readiness training, which was taken up

Veterans Affairs committee  They phone us.

Veterans Affairs committee  Mr. Chairman, honourable members, ladies and gentlemen, good morning. I am Mark Gaillard. I am the executive officer and national secretary and the only full-time paid officer of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Veterans' Association. I am also a member of the veterans affairs

Public Safety committee  Due to the rapidity with which this process has evolved, there has not been a systematic way of, through routine methodology, informing all of our members and surveying them about their results. The RCMP conducted, through the SRR program last year, a survey on optional life ins

Public Safety committee  Do you mind if I just follow up a bit? This just struck me, as Ron was speaking. In terms of deployment, the RCMP is deployed 24-7. I always say that we are deployed 24-7: always deployed, never in garrison. There is no preparatory stage or training, then a deployment, and then