Standing Senate Committee on National Security and Defence

Proceedings of the Subcommittee on Veterans Affairs

First Session, Forty-first Parliament, 2011-12

Chair: The Honourable ROMÉO ANTONIUS DALLAIRE

Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Issue No. 5

Ninth, tenth and eleventh meetings on:

Services and benefits provided to members of the Canadian Forces; to veterans; to members and former members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and their families

WITNESSES

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Service Income Security Insurance Plan (SISIP):

André Bouchard, President.

National Defence:

Colonel Gérard Blais, Director of Casualty Support Management;

Brigadier-General Fred Bigelow, Director General of Personnel and Family Support Services.

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

National Defence:

Colonel Gérard Blais, Director of Casualty Support Management;

Colonel Jean-Robert Bernier, Deputy Surgeon General.

Veterans Affairs Canada:

Raymond Lalonde, Director Operational Stress Injury National Network.

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

National Defence:

Catherine A. Campbell, Assistant to the Chief Scientist, Military Personnel Research and Analysis;

Kerry Sudom, PhD, Military Personnel Research and Analysis;

Colonel Jean-Robert Bernier, Deputy Surgeon General.

Veterans Affairs Canada:

David Pedlar, PhD, Director, Research;

Anne-Marie Pellerin, Director, Rehabilitation and Case Management.

MEMBERS OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE

The Honourable Roméo Antonius Dallaire, Chair

The Honourable Donald Neil Plett, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

Andreychuk, Day, Wallin

(Quorum 3)

Change in membership of the subcommittee:

Pursuant to rule 85(4), membership of the committee was amended as follows:

The Honourable Senator Andreychuk replaced the Honourable Senator Nolin (May 8, 2012).