Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'd like to thank my MP, Gord Johns, for inviting me, and thank the committee for the work you're doing. I've asked myself a number of times over the past few months why I'd want to come here and testify to the veterans affairs standing committee. What im

Veterans Affairs committee  No.

Veterans Affairs committee  That's correct.

Veterans Affairs committee  On my last appointment, that's correct; I wasn't decompressed.

Veterans Affairs committee  That's correct.

Veterans Affairs committee  None of my personal income tax deduction forms were actioned.

Veterans Affairs committee  They said it was mishandled in the email transfer between their two departments within Public Works.

Veterans Affairs committee  It's a huge struggle.

Veterans Affairs committee  My first case manager was amazing. She ran the western Manitoba office.

Veterans Affairs committee  Prior to my initial release, she helped me to do some navigation. She helped me up until my release in 2016. After that, the case managers were all three-month contract hires, until about one year ago when I moved to the Comox Valley. The case manager there used to run the Brando

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes, I'm absolutely positive. If you look at my file, each one of my case managers were short-term, three-month contract hires out of the Victoria office.

Veterans Affairs committee  In British Columbia, the provincial government only recognizes one organization, and that's an American organization that self accredits. Because my dog was trained out of Winnipeg, I as a person with a disability am required to pay a fee to do a test to certify my dog. A vetera

Veterans Affairs committee  I was sworn in at the beginning of 1997.

Veterans Affairs committee  It was 19 years and six months.

Veterans Affairs committee  At that time, I was married and had two young boys at CFB Shilo. We always planned a life after the military. However, I didn't foresee suffering an injury during my tour, and coming home with no support from my commanding officer or from my force commander, General Leslie, or th