Veterans Affairs committee  There's just too much of a disconnect between Veterans Affairs and the Canadian Forces. There's a Veterans Affairs office on every base. Part of your out-clearance for your release should be checking out with them and spending a day becoming a client, because in all likelihood yo

Veterans Affairs committee  Nothing.

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes.

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes. It's all run by veterans.

Veterans Affairs committee  There's no way I could sit in front of this board without her here. I'm terrified of the public.

Veterans Affairs committee  My perspective is that the studies have been done. I believe everyone goes by the bad example of the Legion who spent millions on phony dogs from the States that were not properly serviced and qualified. That just put a black mark on the service dog group as a whole. Audeamus is

Veterans Affairs committee  The study is done.

Veterans Affairs committee  I make myself open to anyone if I can save a life. I don't want anyone to travel the road I did. If there's any further discussion on it, I am happy to take the time and follow up.

Veterans Affairs committee  Actually, you find out either by discussion...and Facebook is a good place to find out what benefits you can get. The pamphlet I'm not familiar with, but for the benefits there are so many hurdles. For example, there's a recent benefit that's out where you can claim $300 for a ta

Veterans Affairs committee  As an example, I applied to Courageous Companions at the time, in November 2014. At that time, Marc Lapointe was assigned to me. He called me and we spent about four hours on the phone going through various symptoms. Then he decided which dog I should have—I didn't. The last th

Veterans Affairs committee  Fourteen years.

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes. I was out of the country for 14 years.

Veterans Affairs committee  No. I was actually still on leave when I was in Kosovo; I was released so fast. I spent about five days going around getting my checkout list done, and my plaque was mailed to me from the base.

Veterans Affairs committee  No.

Veterans Affairs committee  I received absolutely zero information on VAC services, because the force reduction plan was on, and it was all about numbers. They really didn't care about mental health.