Veterans Affairs committee  I had more support from a Veterans Affairs case manager at the IPSC in Shilo. She went well beyond her mandate as a case manager to assist me.

Veterans Affairs committee  I suffered a head injury, complex post-traumatic stress and occupational stress injury. I'll still say it today—we're the plague. When we ask for help as acting, serving members, we become the plague, and nobody wants to be around us. I was shuffled into a corner, into an office,

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes, I was able to get into some form of social housing because of a British veteran who worked for that organization.

Veterans Affairs committee  From what I've seen from the data from the Legion Ontario Command, they do a fairly decent job tracking homelessness. There is no mechanism in place where I live, through the Vancouver Island Health Authority. They are not tracking veterans. They don't even ask the question, whe

Veterans Affairs committee  There are no services at all for homeless veterans on Vancouver Island—zero—especially for people who have children and are homeless. We don't qualify for those social housing projects. In places like Vancouver or Vancouver Island, if you ask anybody who is homeless, everybody's

Veterans Affairs committee  That's a pride thing with veterans: we don't want to ask for help.

Veterans Affairs committee  We're supposed to provide the help.

Veterans Affairs committee  Correct.

Veterans Affairs committee  The 1st Regiment, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery.

Veterans Affairs committee  Afghanistan, from 2010 to 2011.

Veterans Affairs committee  We had just moved to Kabul. I was involved in the incident where Master Cpl. Greff, from 3rd Battalion, was killed.

Veterans Affairs committee  The contract that I signed with the Canadian Forces was to end at the end of 2016. My release paperwork came through the medical side and said, “You are going to be released on February 16.” I said, “That's unacceptable. My contract to serve was over at the end of 2016 anyway. I

Veterans Affairs committee  It was February 16, 2016.

Veterans Affairs committee  Once we receive 20 years of service, we get a fairly substantial jump in our pension. Because I didn't receive that extra six months and didn't meet that threshold, I'm not eligible to meet that pension bracket.

Veterans Affairs committee  My pension right now is about $14,400 a month. Now that there's the clawback for the top-up on my pension, it's more like $9,800.