Veterans Affairs committee  There are a couple of points I would make very quickly. They're very similar to Scott's. Close the gap. It's a big deal. We've got to bring these two departments closer together, and I think we've got to stop removing the membership from the individual who is leaving. In other w

Veterans Affairs committee  Secondly, we have to reduce the bureaucracy, the complication of that process of transitioning. We're not going to another country; we're staying in Canada. We're simply transitioning to another government department, but the horrendous bureaucracy that surrounds that transition

Veterans Affairs committee  I'll make one very quick comment on this one.

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes. I visited a major army base to interview the padres about their role in dealing with PTSD and OSIs. Fourteen of the 16 padres on that base had been diagnosed with PTSD. So if we're going to use padres—and we need to, as they're a critical part—we have to take care of the pa

Veterans Affairs committee  I'll just add a very quick footnote to General Dallaire's comments. We were talking earlier today about a young soldier I was working with on Thursday last week, a young corporal, who was telling me very candidly that he suffers from PTSD and is being cared for, but he said, “Si

Veterans Affairs committee  I would repeat the point that General Dallaire made earlier, that this is a leadership issue, not a medical issue. I think that is a refrain I would come back to over and over again. Stovepipes, if I can use that term, create barriers to care. That is a major concern here. To us