Veterans Affairs committee  No, he said it all.

Veterans Affairs committee  It's just by doing what we're doing here today and hearing from us veterans: having a working group, and then addressing a problem, say, one problem, and having veterans who care, like me and others, come up with a valuable solution. We know the system. We know each other. I take

Veterans Affairs committee  Okay. It's very important to have the family there. The family is the backbone of the soldier, and when we have our SCAN seminars and that, it is important for the wives and the rest of the family to be brought into that process and to understand. If a person with an operationa

Veterans Affairs committee  I can answer it, and I can hand it over to Mr. Kirkland, if he wants. I think it will help some injured veterans to maybe look at applying. I know that could be a big issue, because with VAC right now, the normal process is 26 weeks before a review even takes place. I'll let M

Veterans Affairs committee  If I can lead off, the most important thing is getting it recognized right away and then getting the right professionals to help you with it. A friend of mine has been diagnosed with severe PTSD, and he went to the doctor for help getting his medications increased or whatever, an

Veterans Affairs committee  He summed up the process. I know some guys who are going into the public service, and they're doing fine. The transfer of their pension was the biggest issue.

Veterans Affairs committee  It is. Having your peers' support is important, and so is the support of others who have gone through the system before you and can give you suggestions and advice on what's going on. As I said, my friend who is retiring after 42 years was my mentor. Now he's mentoring me on the

Veterans Affairs committee  I know it took me six months to start the transition, to start to get your medical files, your last medical appointments, any specialist appointments tied up, and then start the paperwork. The reason he is being released on April 1 is that the release procedures on the bases are

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes, I can give you a very horrifying story. Also, when I found out that I was coming here I reached out to other organizations—the OSISS in Ottawa, and to my psychologist. I asked her if she had anything to put into this. She brought up the same thing about the release. She

Veterans Affairs committee  It's very disheartening to hear my Prime Minister saying something like that. Ms. Desmond and I can comment on what that.... For me, having been in the military for 26 years, when we go through training, it's hard training. We train for the hardness. The old saying back in the

Veterans Affairs committee  Good day. Thank you.

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you to you for letting me be here today. Today I was going to really hammer on the questions that you provided us to give the answers for, but I believe for most of those questions we already have the answers. I'm going to elaborate on three major ones that really touch