Translation of "Air Force Association Canada Wing Liaison Officer " (English → French) :

Air Force Association of Canada Wing Liaison Officer

Air Force Association of Canada Wing Contact Officer

The Hon. the Speaker: Honourable senators, I wish to draw your attention to the presence in the gallery in the Governor General's gallery of representatives of the Royal Canadian Air Force, led by Lieutenant-General Yvan Blondin, Commander of the RCAF; Major-General Richard Foster, Deputy Commander; Chief Warrant Officer Patrick Young, Chief Warrant Officer of the RCAF; and Dean Black, Executive Director of the ...[+++]Air Force Association of Canada.

One of the guests will be Master Warrant Officer (Ret'd) Vic Johnson, who has just retired after 53 years of unbroken service in the RCAF, the Canadian Forces and the Air Force Association of Canada, where he served as editor of Airforce magazine.

We have consulted, and the following veterans associations are in agreement with our Legion presentation today: the Army, Navy and Air Force Veterans in Canada; the Canadian Association of Veterans in United Nations Peacekeeping; the Canadian Peacekeeping Veterans Association; the National Aboriginal Veterans Association; the Air Force Association of Canada; the Canadian Naval Air Group; the Naval Officers' Associat ...[+++]ion of Canada; and the Last Post Fund.

(Return tabled) Question No. 864 Ms. Kirsty Duncan: With respect to mental health and suicide in the Canadian Forces (CF), including regular forces, reservists and veterans, as well as among Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) veterans: (a) what does history and research show from the First World War (WWI) and the Second World War (WWII), regarding the percentage of Canadian veterans who suffered some degree of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and how it might have impacted their ability to (i) hold down jobs, (ii) maintain relationships, (iii) overcome substance abuse, (iv) maintain their will to live; (b) how are suicides tracke ...[+++]d for CF regular forces, reservists and veterans, including RCMP veterans, (i) has the tracking method changed over time (from 2000 onwards) for any of these groups, including name changes (e.g., suicide versus sudden death) and, if so, how, why and when, (ii) how are suicides tracked among veterans who may not be known to Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC) and who may be under other types of care (e.g., in hospitals) or in homeless shelters, prisons, etc.; (c) what are the identified gaps in tracking for each of the identified groups and, for each gap, what action items (i) are planned (including predicted start and completion dates, and necessary funding), (ii) are being implemented (including predicted completion date and necessary funding), (iii) have been completed to address the problem; (d) how are suicides investigated for each identified group today and, for each group, for the years 1990 to the present (or years available), (i) what percentage of victims were known to either the Department of National Defense (DND) or VAC prior to the suicide, or to the medical, social-aid or prison system, (ii) what percentage had attempted suicide before, (iii) what percentage suffered from an identified Operational Stress Injury (OSI), including PTSD, anxiety, depression or substance abuse, (iv) what percentage suffered from acquired brain ...