Veterans Affairs committee  Mr. Kitchen, it's a great question; it's wonderful. I'd like to catch up with your father. Of course, the Royal Canadian Dragoons are a remarkable regiment and well known around the world. In terms of ranking veterans, I think the fact that we have a Department of Veterans' Affa

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes, sir. I spent 37 years in the Australian army. I'm a tank officer, and I'm very proud of that. But more importantly for this role, I spent significant periods of time as the director of senior officer management, as director general of personnel for the army, and as head of d

Veterans Affairs committee  I'm speaking on behalf of the Department of Defence, which is outside my lane, but certainly the issue of resilience is something that we've been working on for quite a deal of time. Dr. Hodson is also ex-military, a psychologist, and can probably speak to some of the issues. We

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes, our soldiers, sailors, airmen, airwomen, and civilians were exposed to significant trauma in that environment. I raise this as an example of trauma outside the traditional operational environment. We focus on stress. In our case, our Viet Nam veterans have experienced signif

Veterans Affairs committee  When we deploy our soldiers across a range of environments—and I actually served with Canadians across a range of environments—it's more the environmental threat, actual and potential, in Asia, the Middle East, and a range of places where malaria is prevalent. We use a range of d

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes, sir. The Repatriation Commission is the statutory body set up to oversee the respective acts, the Veterans' Entitlements Act and the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission, which was established to oversee the act and to work in concert with the department ver

Veterans Affairs committee  Effectively, we have our legislation, which covers the legal entitlements enshrined in law for determining veterans benefits. It's beneficial legislation, which means we try to interpret the considerations in the veterans' favour. The legislation outlines the range of benefits th

Veterans Affairs committee  I'm Craig Orme, the deputy president of the Repatriation Commission that Liz mentioned.