Standing Senate Committee on
National Security and Defence
Proceedings of the Subcommittee on
Veterans Affairs
Second Session, Forty-first Parliament, 2013-14-15
Chair: The Honourable JOSEPH A. DAY
Wednesday, February 4, 2015
Wednesday, February 18, 2015
Issue No. 9
Tenth meeting:
Study on the medical, social, and operational impacts of mental health issues affecting serving and retired members of the Canadian Armed Forces, including operational stress injuries (OSIs) such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
and
First meeting:
Bill C-27, An Act to amend the Public Service Employment Act (enhancing hiring opportunities for certain serving and former members of the Canadian Forces)
WITNESSES
Wednesday, February 4, 2015
National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces:
Lieutenant-General David Millar, Chief of Military Personnel;
Colonel Hugh Colin MacKay, Deputy Surgeon General, Canadian Forces Health Services Group;
Colonel Andrew Downes, Director of Mental Health, Canadian Forces Health Services Group;
Colonel Rakesh Jetly, Mental Health Advisor, Directorate of Mental Health, Canadian Forces Health Services Group.
Wednesday, February 18, 2015
Office of the Ombudsman for the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces:
Gary Walbourne, Ombudsman.
Veterans Ombudsman:
Guy Parent, Ombudsman;
Sharon Squire, Deputy Ombudsman and Executive Director of Operations.
Public Service Commission of Canada:
Christine Donoghue, Senior Vice-President, Policy Branch;
Michael West, Director General, Delegation and Accountability.
MEMBERS OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE
The Honourable Joseph A. Day, Chair
The Honourable Carolyn Stewart Olsen, Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
Lang, Mitchell, White
(Quorum 3)
Changes in membership of the committee:
Pursuant to rule 12-5, membership of the committee was amended as follows:
The Honourable Senator Lang replaced the Honourable Senator Neufeld (February 4, 2015).
The Honourable Senator Neufeld replaced the Honourable Senator Lang (February 3, 2015).
The Honourable Senator Lang replaced the Honourable Senator Beyak (December 3, 2014).
The Honourable Senator White was added to the membership (December 3, 2014).
The Honourable Senator Wallace was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (December 3, 2014).