Veterans Affairs committee  We've tried to get Veterans Emergency Transition Services, VETS Canada, to intervene on Kyle's behalf whenever we have located him. I've been in contact with his family on and off. At this time, Kyle is quite resistant to help. We fear that if we can't get through to him again so

Veterans Affairs committee  Can I just add something? A lot of people presently taking these SSRIs will throw them out, and they will stop taking these drugs suddenly. There won't be a gradual de-prescribing from their doctor to monitor their symptoms and their level of functionality. It puts them at great

Veterans Affairs committee  I said that because Master Corporal Matchee experienced psychosis, hallucinations, and uncontrollable rage, which, being impaired by a drug and enabled by an unlawful order, put him over the edge. When he came to and realized what he was facing, what was happening with him, it wa

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes.

Veterans Affairs committee  What would improve what, exactly?

Veterans Affairs committee  Do you mean financial or administrative?

Veterans Affairs committee  Today it is certainly adequate, but it took a hellacious fight to get there. But, absolutely, today I'm certainly pleased.

Veterans Affairs committee  Well, anecdotally, we'll say 18,000 people. I'm just going with that number. We know it's about 20,000 or somewhere around there. It's somewhat of an arbitrary number, but let's say between 15,000 and 20,000. We estimate that up to 30% of that figure may present with permanent im

Veterans Affairs committee  I'm champing at the bit. Here is where we're dealing with a great amount of misunderstanding about what we're facing here today. Mefloquine intoxication is not a mental illness. Mefloquine intoxication is an acquired brain injury. It is also idiosyncratic in nature, meaning that

Veterans Affairs committee  You mean the kind of symptoms I had psychologically?

Veterans Affairs committee  I didn't have closure. The funny thing, as I mentioned in my initial oral submission today, is that after the events of Somalia and the opprobrium we had faced nationally because of the events, a lot of us didn't really speak. It wasn't a topic of conversation we wanted to get in

Veterans Affairs committee  We were part of a commercial drug trial at the time, so everybody was to take that drug. There were no exceptions. I believe air crew were exempt. Yes, they were. Some people who had some genetic factors were given doxycycline, or if they had presented with certain symptoms the

Veterans Affairs committee  Not at the time. My discovery of mefloquine came about only after the phone call with Kyle Brown in the fall of 2014—so just two short years ago. I had no idea about mefloquine. But I got into the weeds on it and found out that today, there are three types of people: someone who

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes, we were ordered to rough up the prisoners. In the case of Shidane Arone, he had been caught about 15 times before. He was a repeat offender. It wasn't the first time he had tried to gain access to the compound. Of course, at that time, as far as what the environment was like

Veterans Affairs committee  Regarding Master Corporal Clayton Matchee, as far as my eyewitness goes to the events of that night, yes, I was not on duty but was on my way by the bunker. Shidane Arone was the prisoner in the bunker. I guess he had been captured. I hadn't noticed him on the way through the com