Veterans Affairs committee  It's at various locations throughout—

Veterans Affairs committee  I've never done it—

Veterans Affairs committee  Their CO did.

Veterans Affairs committee  It's alcohol awareness.

Veterans Affairs committee  Did you get out under the first or the second plan?

Veterans Affairs committee  Was that in 1995?

Veterans Affairs committee  Okay.

Veterans Affairs committee  It's a good idea but very impractical.

Veterans Affairs committee  They haven't the resources in certain areas such as mine that are underserved in civilian health care practitioners. It might be great in Ottawa, Toronto, or Halifax, but not in places such as North Bay.

Veterans Affairs committee  We never received an email or a phone call.

Veterans Affairs committee  Like I said, there may be a lot of resources out there, but you have to get the word out what those resources are and where they can be located, and how to access them. A lot of veterans don't know this. You can go to a Legion and somebody there may or may not know. Go to the Vet

Veterans Affairs committee  I know that there are benefits, exactly what they are....

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes, exactly. If you were to have a total breakdown today, do you have a doctor to go to? You're in Ottawa, and we're in North Bay, which is an under-serviced area. VAC needs to look at some of these areas where there is a large defence community. They need to come up with som

Veterans Affairs committee  Spilling your guts to one person is hard to do. To two people, it's a lot harder. Now you're getting into numbers of three and four, and people don't want to do it. There needs to be somewhere.... For example, throughout my career I had one posting that was six years, one posti

Veterans Affairs committee  Good afternoon. My name is Phil MacKinnon. I retired just under a year ago from the Canadian Forces after 26-plus years of service. I joined in 1989 as a private. As a private I was told what to do, where to go, and when to be there. I did my job and would gladly do it again.