Veterans Affairs committee  Throwing money at a human problem will not work. I agree with the comments being made here. We could be talking about this, and we will be talking about this, in the years to come. I propose that a Veterans Affairs royal commission occur here in Canada to look at the systemic iss

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you, sir. I'll give a short answer. In terms of what's happening now in a lot of situations, I can use me as an example. With the change in legislation on April 1, a lot of the authority was removed from the regional level and placed in centralized units, such as the dimi

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you, ma'am. That's a very good question. I have been waiting for at least two years for the career impact supplement. I currently have two claims in the backlog, for post-concussion syndrome and traumatic brain injury, which is attributed to mefloquine toxicity. That could

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you for the question, sir. A downside to a quicker approval process—

Veterans Affairs committee  I believe that is going to be a personal question. Would that assist me? It may, potentially. It could also increase the backlog. There are a lot of veterans right now who have abandoned their applications because they are just unable to navigate through the processes and, unfort

Veterans Affairs committee  Automatic approval, yes...because I had documented evidence dating back to 2009. However, I just want to point out that hiring new people will not necessarily help if you're not changing the processes, which is what we're talking about. If you want to talk about a pilot project

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you, ma'am. That's an excellent question. The onus has always been placed on the injured and ill to advocate for themselves and to navigate a gauntlet of processes for these applications. Documentation sometimes is there from DND but doesn't get transferred over to Veteran

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Good afternoon, members of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs. I'm very grateful for the opportunity to present a human side to the systemic issues Canada's veterans and their loved ones are subjected to when requesting fi