Veterans Affairs committee  Two weeks ago, the service excellence committee had a meeting about this. This was the first time we'd been briefed on it. Assistant deputy minister Steven Harris told us that, to his knowledge, most case managers were aware of this and that the MAID situation was an isolated cas

Veterans Affairs committee  You're right.

Veterans Affairs committee  It's something called “sanctuary trauma”. You're looking to someone for help, and they're not offering it. It's common in soldiers who are looking for help for PTSD, and also for young children where one parent is taking advantage of a child: the child goes to the other parent to

Veterans Affairs committee  I would recommend a royal commission.

Veterans Affairs committee  That's correct. I serve on the service excellence committee, and this falls directly under our mandate letter. This would have been years in the making, and not once were we told about it. In fact, the Legion member from your last round of questioning, Ms. Hughes, is also on tha

Veterans Affairs committee  Good afternoon. I am retired Corporal Bruce Moncur. I served in the Canadian Forces for almost a decade, during which I fought in Afghanistan and took part in the largest battle in the war, which was Operation Medusa. My company, Charles Company, fought ferociously for over tw