(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 tracked for CF regular forces, reservists and veterans, including RCMP veterans, (i) has the tracking method ch ...[+++]anged 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 ...

D. aware of allegations concerning the ill-treatment of Mr Babitsky by Russian Federal and Security Forces as well as of allegations that thousands of civilians are being arbitrarily detained, tortured and humiliated in detention centres, namely Chernokozovo and Mozdok, under the control of the Russian Federal Forces,

D. aware of allegations concerning the ill-treatment of Mr Babitsky by Russian Federal and Security Forces as well as of allegations that thousands of civilians are being arbitrarily detained, tortured and humiliated in detention centres, namely Chernokozovo and Mozdok, under the control of the Russian Federal Forces,

FOURTH REPORT Your committee, which was authorized to examine and report on the state of health care in Canada concerning veterans of war and Canadian Service persons; and that the study concern itself with the availability, quality and standards of health care available to those veterans and Service persons has, in obedience to its Order of Reference of November 5, 1997, proceeded to that inquiry and now presents its Subcommittee on Veterans Affairs' interim report entitled, The State of Health Care for War Veterans and Service Men and Women - First Report: Long-term care, standards of care and federal-provincial relations - Case Studies: Sunnybrook Health ...[+++] Science Centre, Toronto; Ste Anne's Hospital, Ste Anne de Bellevue, Quebec.