Veterans Affairs committee  My children are the biggest victims in this. My connection to them has been severed by the move, when they were taken away from me. I've been alienated from them, and it's really starting to show. We need help.

Veterans Affairs committee  Well, actually, I get mine from SISIP, since I'm newly released, but they almost overlap each other. I am engaged with my Veterans Affairs case manager, but our hands are tied at the federal level because of the non-validation of the injury from mefloquine and the lack of any knowledge about it.

Veterans Affairs committee  A better tracking system needs to be developed so we can track veterans' suicides and people affected by different illnesses. I'm not sure how they're going to do that now that everyone's been released, or find where they've gone, if they've starburst, and so there's going to have to be a way to pull that in, and that's out of my league.

Veterans Affairs committee  A lot of the treatment that's worked for me has been holistic, naturopathic type of stuff. It's not really recognized by the federal government as a validated treatment for illnesses. There's going to have to be some sort of a give when it comes to alternative treatments, I think.

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes. The part I skipped was my talking about how the people that I took mefloquine with are now in positions of leadership within DND and are able to pull that trigger, or not, with controlled measures of violence if they're deployed, and that scares me.

Veterans Affairs committee  Hello, my name is Brandon Kett. It is an honour to speak to you today in this committee and to create a sense of validation for those of us who have been struggling and suffering in the darkness. In no way will I be able to articulate my story of the struggles and hardships that my family and I have had to endure over the last 10 years, but in these 10 minutes, I'm going to try to paint a suitable picture.