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(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 ...

Welcomes the work done by the European Parliament Former Members Association in founding the International Election Monitors Institute (IEMI) in conjunction with the Former Members of the Canadian Parliament and the United States Association of Former Members of Congress; notes that IEMI members have observed a number of elections, and further points out that all present MEPs will one day be former MEPs and that their expertise will be invaluable for the further development of the democratic process;

While a comprehensive list of events will be announced when the Year of the Veteran is officially launched this afternoon, some of the highlights include recognizing Second World War veterans on Victory in Europe Day, V E Day, in May and again in August to mark Victory in the Pacific Day, V J Day; the opening of the new Canadian War Museum in May with veterans as the first guests of honour; the unveiling of the Seventh Book of Remembrance on Parliament Hill to commemorate Canadian Forces members killed in service since the Korean War; continuing the restoration work at the Canadian National Vimy Memorial in France; community initiatives that will pass the torch of remembrance to young Canadians ...[+++]; and finally, helping veterans themselves share their stories with our youth.

2. In the event of the death of a former contract staff member in receipt of an invalidity allowance or a former contract staff member who is in receipt of a retirement pension or who leaves the service before reaching 63 years of age and requests that his retirement pension be deferred until the first day of the calendar month following that in which he reached 63 years of age, the persons entitled under the deceased former contract staff member, as defined in Chapter 4 of Annex VIII to the Staff Regulations, shall be entitled to a survivor's pension as provided for in that Annex.

The spouse or persons recognized as dependants of a former official within the meaning of Article 18a of Annex VIII, or of a former official entitled to an allowance either under Article 50 of the Staff Regulations or under Regulations (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/58 or (Euratom, ECSC, EEC), No 2530/72 or (ECSC, EEC, Euratom) No 1543/73 or (ECSC, EEC, Euratom) No 2150/82 or (ECSC, EEC, Euratom) No 1679/85 may, if the former official's whereabouts are unknown for more than one year, provisionally receive a survivor's pension to which they would be entitled under this Annex'.

'Where the whereabouts of a member of the temporary staff, or of a former member of temporary staff in receipt of an invalidity or retirement pension, or of a former member of temporary staff who left the service before he reached the age of 60 and who has requested that his retirement pension be deferred until the first day of the calender month following that in which he reaches the age of 60 are unknown for more than one year, the provisions of Chapters 5 and 6 of Annex VIII to the Staff Regulations dealing with provisional pensions shall apply by analogy to his spouse and to persons recognized as his dependants'.