National Defence committee  One thing we know is that when medical equipment has gone beyond the recommended usage date, it does not necessarily mean that the equipment is no longer protective or of value. However, due to the global shortage of medical-grade personal protective equipment, along with the fac

National Defence committee  Certainly, since we reminded people that these resources were available, we started to see a gradual increase in access to the 24-7 line. As well, as we've gone through our business resumption plans and actual delivery of service in a physical location, people are accessing menta

National Defence committee  Madam Chair, I apologize for not having a clear answer on this one. If I can put that as a question for notice, I will get back to you with those details. I prefer to give you something more precise than general.

National Defence committee  Madam Chair, I'll start with the deployment. We believe in preventing problems before they happen. The Canadian Armed Forces builds mental resiliency into our personnel throughout their careers. We have a very specialized program called the road to mental readiness. Prior to this

National Defence committee  Madam Chair, I can't add a lot more to that on the international perspective. If you were looking for specific numbers, that will have to be a question we take on notice so that we could provide you with what you're looking for.

National Defence committee  Madam Chair, yes, we do hold a certain amount of medical-grade PPE, and we currently are holding adequate amounts to respond to requests from government as well as supporting our own requirements over time. Again, because there is a global shortage of medical-grade PPE, we work

National Defence committee  Madam Chair, I have nothing further to add.

National Defence committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. Again, it's a geographic dispersion of a number of different functions that we provide from health services, and one of the most key components of this is medical advice. While we may be headquartered with the surgeon general here in Ottawa, we have medic

National Defence committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. I think I'll shape this in terms of public health measures. Public health measures apply to the facilities and the people who work within those facilities. From a health services perspective, we have provided the public health measures advice based on p

National Defence committee  We know that, in line with our civilian counterparts, in the first part of the pandemic, all of us saw a decrease in use of the service. The reasons for that reduction of service are something that we are going to be looking at over the long run. However, what we've tried to expr

National Defence committee  The Canadian Armed Forces, since the beginning of the COVID crisis, has been acquiring slowly but surely, along with the rest of Canada, testing capability. Our testing capability right now focuses on looking at where the cases are positive. It's called operational testing for su

National Defence committee  Madam Chair, our Canadian Armed Forces members have access to rapid testing through both the civilian system and surveillance testing through the forces.

National Defence committee  In order to provide the response that our distinguished parliamentarian is looking for, I'd like to take that question on notice. Thank you.

National Defence committee  Madame Chair, that's a question that, again, I can certainly provide initial opening comments on. If you wish to have further detail, again, we can provide that for you. As we roll out our Canadian capability, our ability to do surveillance testing is focusing on deployed operat

National Defence committee  I think I could say that COVID affects both men and women. For men and women service members, how it impacts their families is the same. Can I tell you that there are any specific or unique challenges faced by women who serve that are not faced by men? That's not something we ca