Standing Senate Committee on
Defence and Security
Proceedings of the Subcommittee
on Veterans Affairs
First Session, Thirty-seventh Parliament, 2001-02
Chair: The Honourable MICHAEL A. MEIGHEN
Wednesday, April 17, 2002
Wednesday, April 24, 2002
Issue No. 5
Eight and ninth meetings on: The health care provided to veterans of war and of peacekeeping missions; the implementation of the recommendations made in its previous reports on such matters; and the terms of service, post-discharge benefits and health care of members of the regular and reserve forces as well as members of the RCMP and of civilians who have served in close support of uniformed peacekeepers
- Minutes of Proceedings
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings (April 17 meeting) (67K)
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings (April 24 meeting) (74K)
WITNESSES:
April 17 meeting:
From the Office of the Ombudsman, Canadian Forces:
André Marin, Ombudsman;
Gareth Jones, Special Adviser;
Brigadier-General Joe Sharpe, Special Advisor.
From the Department of National Defence:
Colonel Scott Cameron, Director of Policy On the Staff of the Director General of Health Services.
April 23 meeting:
From the Department of National Defence:
Lieutenant-General Christian Couture, Assistant Deputy Minister (Human Ressources — Military);
Colonel Scott Cameron, Director of Policy on the Staff of the Director General Health Services;
Major Stéphane Grenier, Project Manager — Operational Stress Injury Social Support;
Colonel Randall Boddam, Director of Mental Health Services, Canadian Forces Base Borden.
MEMBERS OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE
The Honourable Michael A. Meighen, Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
Atkins, Banks, *Carstairs, P.C. (or Robichaud, P.C.), Day, Kenny, *Lynch-Staunton (or Kinsella), Wiebe
*Ex Officio Members
(Quorum 3)
Change in membership of the committee:
Pursuant to rule 85(4), membership of the committee was amended as follows:
The name of the Honourable Senator Wiebe substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Banks (April 22, 2002).