Traduction de «Family member » (Anglais → Français) :

(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 ...

2 . In the case of the Member States indicated in Annex III to the implementing Regulation, the amount of benefits in kind supplied to family members who do not reside in the same Member State as the insured person, as provided for in Article 17 of the basic Regulation, and to pensioners and members of their family, as provided for in Article 22, Article 24(1) and Articles 25 and 26 of the basic Regulation, shall be reimbursed by the competent institutions to the institutions providing the said benefits, on the basis of a fixed amount established for each calendar year.

2 . In the case of the Member States indicated in Annex III to the implementing Regulation, the amount of benefits in kind supplied to family members who do not reside in the same Member State as the insured person, as provided for in Article 17 of the basic Regulation, and to pensioners and members of their family, as provided for in Article 22, Article 24(1) and Articles 25 and 26 of the basic Regulation, shall be reimbursed by the competent institutions to the institutions providing the said benefits, on the basis of a fixed amount established for each calendar year.

Thus, for instance, while calling on Member States to 'take appropriate measures to maintain as far as possible family unity as present within their territory', the directive refers back to domestic law and practice for the purposes of defining 'family members'. In this connection, it should be noted that a directive on family reunification was adopted on 22 September 2003, whose many inadequacies have been criticised by GISTI (Groupe d'information et de soutien des travailleurs immigrés). This organisation also pointed out that it will be possible, on the basis of the directive: to require foreigners to wait for up to three years before ...[+++] being able to apply for family reunification; to limit the possibility of children over the age of 12 joining their parents; to issue reunified family members with precarious residence permits; to prohibit immediate access to employment; to call into question their right of residence in the event of family break-up.

To offset this restriction, serious health or humanitarian grounds have been added here in order to cover any family members, including direct relatives in the ascending line, who are not dependants but need to be close to their family. This is a fair compromise that takes account of the need to prevent abuses.

The committee therefore welcomes the broad definition of the term ‘family member’, in particular the inclusion of unmarried couples. It is also pleased to note that the provisions extend to all categories of Union citizens, including those in employment, i.e. salary earners and the self-employed, together with those, including students, who are not engaged in gainful activity.