Veterans Affairs committee  I think the first one is to remove the threat of being removed from the military, immediately. That would be number one. The other one would be having more conversations. We have the mental health first aid course now. That should be taught to the people who are serving. Their

Veterans Affairs committee  I noticed that one of your questions here was about whether we are too quick to try to make something new out of somebody when they're not ready. Again, it's about recognizing when a person's in crisis and recognizing whether or not they're ready and able to move on to something

Veterans Affairs committee  I would love to see DND and VAC practise what they preach. We talk about priority hiring. You should go from uniform to appropriate civilian attire and do that job. You might not be deployable, but it's your knowledge in that trade and in that position. I'm sorry, but there is no

Veterans Affairs committee  I know that things have changed in the last couple of years. I'm actually seeing improvement, which is great. It looks like we're leaving that old mentality of “Guilty first: prove that you are truly injured afterwards.” I'm very thankful, because that's not the direction anyone

Veterans Affairs committee  You'll save on time with me for sure. I am Sergeant (Retired) Alannah Gilmore. I retired in 2015 after 23 years served in the military, including reserve time when I joined as a pipsqueak in high school. Prior to that, I was also a dependent of my father, who retired after 34 ye

Veterans Affairs committee  That goes back to my comment about education. It can start right back from the basic level again, talking about mental health, doing a mental health first aid course of sorts—basically knowing a bit about how the body can react, recognizing signs and symptoms. They are offering m

Veterans Affairs committee  Sun Life.

Veterans Affairs committee  For you it would have been three. They're trying to give three years now.

Veterans Affairs committee  It shouldn't be that because “there's already one retired person there, so we'll just go under his coverage”. Obviously if there are two, then there are reasons that both people are covered.

Veterans Affairs committee  The services for the family is where it gets a little bit confusing. There's the old charter and the new charter. In services for the family, there might be, from what I can tell, more under the pension system. I know there's money for people who have dependants, who fall under t

Veterans Affairs committee  I can answer some of that, if that helps.

Veterans Affairs committee  Jody and I were on Task Force 3-06 in 2006. When we got back, we were in Petawawa, so we were the first of our group coming back from a combat zone to Ontario. Previous to that was the PPCLI and they were based out of Alberta. There were probably some from Shilo, Manitoba as well

Veterans Affairs committee  No. That is not to say that a person goes out of their way to be ignorant. It's all about education. If you're going to sit in a job, you need to know what the service is, what the product is, what it is you are dealing with. When you don't know that, that's where the frustration

Veterans Affairs committee  Absolutely. If you look at these guys here, they're used to being looked after. There was a medical system in place, there was a CDU system. They had their medical technicians, their physician assistants, their nurses, and their doctors. They had an entire treatment team, and n

Veterans Affairs committee  I think it should be based on the member, so that whatever treatments your medical portfolio shows should be available to you, or something related to the homestead VIP program, should be based on the member and the member be covered.