Veterans Affairs committee  We care about our veterans. You're all invited, in one way or another, to promote the service and to provide brochures in your offices. I would be very pleased to prepare boxes of information for you. That way, you can distribute them in your respective regions. Our veterans are

Veterans Affairs committee  Absolutely. I'll do that.

Veterans Affairs committee  Okay.

Veterans Affairs committee  I'm not sure. I guess what I can say is that right now, as I mentioned, we are working with the Mental Health Commission of Canada to provide two days of mental health first aid training. Right now we have been providing close to 14 sessions across the country, and our goal is t

Veterans Affairs committee  When we are talking about the mental health first aid...it's free of charge.

Veterans Affairs committee  I have to admit that the travel to get there is not.

Veterans Affairs committee  Okay, thanks a lot for letting us know.

Veterans Affairs committee  It is a good question. I have to admit that right now we don't have a certificate or a specific program. We had a discussion last week, following recommendations from the family advisory committee at Veterans Affairs Canada. It was recommended that we provide more training for ou

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes, that would be a plus. Having said that, as I mentioned, people don't have to justify it if they were in the military; they just have to mention it. We may believe that some people are receiving services because they've mentioned that they were veterans, but I doubt that pe

Veterans Affairs committee  You're right, sir.

Veterans Affairs committee  It's a service provided by Health Canada. The person simply needs to mention that they're a veteran's spouse and they can have immediate access to the service.

Veterans Affairs committee  No. The first step for a veteran, a veteran's family member or a retired RCMP member is simply to call the 1-800 number. As Ms. Malette said, the team is in Ottawa. A staff member will ask questions and ask how things are going. The staff member will also determine the urgency of

Veterans Affairs committee  I've been working with Health Canada since 2012. We've received very few complaints or negative comments regarding the number of counselling sessions, especially since we increased the number of sessions to 20. The service is used more often. I don't have any recommendations in t

Veterans Affairs committee  We did also work with the CAMH in Toronto. They have a series of mental health modules online, and one on mental health and addiction 101 was added. It's a 20-minute bilingual online module that could be used by all health professionals. We also are working with the Canadian Me

Veterans Affairs committee  No.