Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you for that because I think that somewhat ties it together. As raw and objective as data sounds, when we are looking at developing policies, such as for the RCMP, the data does need to be collected in an authentic format. One of the areas we have not heard much about has

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you all for your testimony today. This is very interesting. It certainly connects with the other witnesses we've had before the committee. The continuity, I think, is also important, especially from a research perspective. I'm going to start with Dr. Forchuk. You mention

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you for explaining that. I wanted to connect that to veterans self-identifying. That's one of the challenges we've heard consistently before this committee—being able to identify who is a veteran while the veteran needs to self-identify. I was curious about that in terms o

Veterans Affairs committee  Right. Knowing that transition, how do we improve that? What about in cases where the veteran has a service dog, the veteran has children or the veteran is female? How do we improve on the data collection so that when we're working on policy development, it is based on evidence?

Veterans Affairs committee  It's a challenge. No one wants to admit they're in the desperate situation of being homeless, let alone a very proud and honoured veteran, but turning to a public service where you may stand the risk of not being able to take your dog in, where you may not be able to take your ch

Veterans Affairs committee  Just on that, before I had the honour to be elected, I was in education, and we heard that often: There was a lack of recognition of skills from province to province. I think that's certainly not only an important transition; it's also a validation. If people have worked 20 yea

Veterans Affairs committee  That goes back to your point about links and collaboration.

Veterans Affairs committee  Okay. Thank you.

Veterans Affairs committee  No speaking.

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you. Thank you all for your testimonies this afternoon. One of the things we have consistently heard before this committee regarding cannabis and veterans has been about the challenge regarding research. Someone came in to testify a while ago and said the first case of a

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you for that. I'll go to Dr. Bonn-Miller on this as well. Certainly the medical model is maybe one of our challenges here, trying to fit a round peg into a square hole. When we look at the level of training within medical schools, where are we with that? With the experti

Veterans Affairs committee  Is that in the entire medical training?

Veterans Affairs committee  How much time do I have, Chair?

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you. Dr. Thirlwell, I live in New Brunswick. If we had a veteran in need of neuroscience help, for example, what's the closest location for them to get that level of expertise?

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you. Max, I was remiss to not thank you for your service. Thank you for your service.