Veterans Affairs committee  To the best of my knowledge, the Canadian Armed Forces authorizes medical marijuana, but if someone chooses to use it they cannot, for instance, drive a vehicle, etc. The Canadian Armed Forces won't pay for medical marijuana the way Veterans Affairs will.

Veterans Affairs committee  You're paying out of pocket, but you can access it through a service provider.

Veterans Affairs committee  Don't make veterans victims of another war, the pharmaceutical, because with PTSD it's working. The problem is the stigma; the accessibility, of course. And what seems to be a huge matter for Veterans Affairs is that it's not about the money...but I believe it's about the money.

Veterans Affairs committee  Money is highly political, and any politics is about money. Obviously, everything has a cost. If money were not a problem, we could all agree that it would be easy for me to receive permission to go see a psychologist, and I would have 50 sessions a year. Now I have to fight for

Veterans Affairs committee  Our men and women of this country are victims of the decisions and the treatments they are given, first of all by the Canadian Armed Forces. Do you want to know something? On April 5, I was invited by the 2nd Division as a privileged guest about mental health. At the end of that

Veterans Affairs committee  Listen, there are no words to describe what life is like when you only have a telephone number and you call to say that your husband is not well and needs help, but you are ignored. There is nothing worse than to call someone and say my husband needs help and not be acknowledged

Veterans Affairs committee  It's all about the support, education, and recognition. This should be the package, if you ask me.

Veterans Affairs committee  You talk about education, but I'd like to talk a little bit about the importance of support.

Veterans Affairs committee  As I said, I come with my own baggage, my own person, my own experience. You can give me education on the effects of a pill, but if.... I'll give you a perfect example. I'm sorry, but it's a personal one. My husband received a new prescription every six weeks. Every six weeks a

Veterans Affairs committee  It went off the rail the moment I met him, because he was coming to me wounded from the Canadian Armed Forces. I'd like to remind you, the JPSU has an 18-month delay. Do you know what that means?

Veterans Affairs committee  It means they are coming already wounded from a system that is already abandoning them. Whose burden will it be, do you think? It's yours. Everybody's closing their eyes on everybody's responsibility, first of all. Of course, it derailed from the moment he was wounded. He didn't

Veterans Affairs committee  Let's talk about the quality of life form. Can your husband do grocery shopping? Yes. Yes, with help. No. Well, is it his PTSD? Is it his backbone? Is it his knees? The forms are ridiculous. You know what? We never know what to answer, because all of a sudden we're going to say t

Veterans Affairs committee  Very quickly, what it meant in our lives was that my 15-year-old son used to go in the street to buy the marijuana for his step-father. This is the result.

Veterans Affairs committee  I'm going to talk to you from my perspective of being homeless. When I left, I was told that I could call the Legion, for instance. Can I take 20 seconds of your time to please acknowledge the fact there is a profound disconnect between what you hear from the executive committee

Veterans Affairs committee  I totally respect what Carla says. For my part, I would like to say that, as a member of the family advisory committee, one of my top priorities would be to give the family a voice. First of all, please, no more caregiver relief benefit...which was developed as a political react