Veterans Affairs committee  I was just asked to reinforce that, Mr. Chair.

Veterans Affairs committee  Before they commit suicide, the option is to have a system of recognizing them as being injured honourably. If you have a solid way of showing that they've been honourably injured, just like we take care of the guy or girl who has lost an arm or a leg, and they feel that they've

Veterans Affairs committee  We could have given them $70,000, and add to that the fact that we recognize it's an injury. Even if we can't figure out all the legality of it, and even if some of them are going to rip us off, who gives a damn? What it would have changed would have been the whole attitude tha

Veterans Affairs committee  Well, the chain of command will charge you because you're doing self-inflicted wounds because you're going against medical advice that the chain of command has accepted.

Veterans Affairs committee  So do we.

Veterans Affairs committee  The crux of that, particularly with reservists, who are all over the countryside and often abandoned.... Remember, this only gets more complicated when you're talking about reservists. It shouldn't be, but it is. I think the crux is linking them to family. That's your anchor.

Veterans Affairs committee  For a reservist who's single, it would be his parents. They're part of the forces. And if he's married, it's his intimate family or close family and so on, his children. Bring the human side back to these individuals so they can build on that, and then work from there. We've lost

Veterans Affairs committee  I'm putting all my artifacts there too.

Veterans Affairs committee  Get out of the weeds and take a strategic perspective of it, meaning that if we inculcate in these people, from the day they enter, a sense of loyalty to their service.... My Dad told me I entered a service. He said, “Don't expect anybody to say thank you. Expect an interesting c

Veterans Affairs committee  Oh, what a wonderful question. At my child soldiers initiative, we discovered that the threat is obviously to children. During the course we ran last summer for 15 veterans—and we've already deployed some of them to train in Kenya with the Somali people—two of them came forward a

Veterans Affairs committee  Oh, yes, it's the chaplains, the spiritual side of this thing. We've talked about the moral side. Our moral weaknesses come from the fact that we don't have a spiritual side left, yet in theatres of operation many of those countries still have a spiritual side. It's not purely re

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes.

Veterans Affairs committee  —really hold water. Even if it they do, what if it's the commander who's affected by it, which I was at the time? My executive assistant kept an eye on exactly how I was handling mefloquine. There are other prophylaxes that are much better. Just on the command side, let alone on

Veterans Affairs committee  I say get rid of it, and use the new stuff.

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes.