Veterans Affairs committee  That's a very good question and I thank you very much for that. It's a combination of all the foundational training that we're doing. It goes back to your original point about the whole stigma in the organization. I agree, in the last five years we've made a lot of progress and

Veterans Affairs committee  For the first part of time with them, we have the critical stress management aftercare guide. The purpose is to highlight the roles and responsibilities and provide a compilation of resources and guidance for individuals who are responsible for coordinating and managing all aspec

Veterans Affairs committee  Let me add that there is a nice piece of the guide as well that also looks at potentially providing aftercare support and services for family members who may have also been impacted by the husband, wife, or partner having participated in critical incidents.

Veterans Affairs committee  Perhaps I could add to that very quickly. As part of our road to mental readiness training, as well as the peer-to-peer network we have across the country, we educate our members with regard to services that are available. One of them is the employee assistance program through H

Veterans Affairs committee  Our mental health strategy is for the RCMP. We don't have an integrated one or joint one with Veterans Affairs. What I can say is that a lot of our members, as I mentioned earlier, who are experiencing either PTSD or other operational stress injuries are going.... We're seeing

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you for the question. As part of our strategy, our focus is going to be on: first, reducing stigma with regard to mental health and operational stress injuries in the organization; second, providing good training and awareness to our membership; and third, ensuring that t

Veterans Affairs committee  We have quite a regime of available services and support to our members with regard to PTSD or other operational stress injuries. It goes right from the very beginning to where we have now national peer-to-peer programs. There are 20 full-time coordinators and 380 advisers across