National Defence committee  I really could.

National Defence committee  Thank you.

National Defence committee  When I was commissioner of the Coast Guard, certainly I was part of the deputy minister governance committee that was looking at both shipyards, ensuring that there were no or minimal gaps between builds. The same situation is true in Vancouver shipyards between the offshore fish

National Defence committee  I think there's a huge opportunity. Thank you for the opportunity to speak about this. It's something that I'm quite passionate about. I think there are huge opportunities to think outside the box. I think there are so many elements to the mental health issue that I can't put a b

National Defence committee  On the military side, with Operation Honour, Rear-Admiral Jennifer Bennett, who is probably familiar to you, is leading that initiative for the Canadian Armed Forces.

National Defence committee  On the Defence staff side, I'm the ADM responsible for civilian HR, and I will be discussing that next week.

National Defence committee  As I said, I don't know if it is a regulation or a practice, so I will have to get back to you with what the exact process is. I know that making the application for veterans benefits and moving into the VAC care system out of the defence care system is what's being worked on now

National Defence committee  On its face, yes, what you're saying makes sense. I haven't spoken to the surgeon general about his position on that aspect of the transition yet. As I dig into it, those are the questions I'll be asking.

National Defence committee  They report to me.

National Defence committee  Yes. Pat Finn, for example, will report to me. I'll work side by side with the vice-chief of the defence staff. So no, it's not an unusual situation at my level of the hierarchy.

National Defence committee  Yes.

National Defence committee  I don't know if that's a regulation, but I know it is the practice right now, in that the goal of that closing the seam work is to ensure that nobody is released from the armed forces until they are ready. That means, their benefits are in place, their family is stable, and they

National Defence committee  Thank you for the question. I think what's critical, whenever you're implementing something new and you have to maintain either current operations or legacy systems, is overlap and backup. We can use any number of methods to implement something new. We can put a tiger team in pl

National Defence committee  Thank you for that question. It's an enormously important subject, and it's one that I know the chief of the defence staff, the deputy minister, and the minister are all taking extremely seriously. I've had multiple meetings already with the Operation Honour team, and asked wha

National Defence committee  He is a reserve officer, so it is a completely different situation for him in terms of benefits. I will be completely honest with you that he told me there were some delays. I didn't pay as much attention as I should have, frankly. He did have some delays. He was getting a lump