I say well done if this helps solve the homeless/suicide issue..........
The Canadian military is redesigning itself to make room for troops who may not be "deployable," but are still "employable," the country's top general said.
The remarks by Gen. Jonathan Vance, the chief of the defence staff, represent a social and cultural sea change for an institution that has been accused of discarding injured members who, in some cases, have begged to continue serving.
Since the release of the Liberal government's new defence policy last spring, Vance has telegraphed that he wants to improve the career prospects of the wounded and that he was open to being more flexible
Indeed, the often-touted policy itself stipulated that wounded troops would be allowed to remain in uniform "on a case-by-case basis."
But Vance went a step further in his comments at the end of a marathon news conference last week related to the government's suicide-prevention strategy.
"We are in the process of redesigning the force structure of the Armed Forces," he said, noting that post-traumatic stress should not be barrier to serving your country.
"Give someone purpose. And more importantly, remove the automatic-ness, if that's a word, of leaving the Armed Forces simply because you come forward and manifest with a mental health challenge. We have lots of people inside the Armed Forces who are — have — are suffering mental illness, and they carry on."
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Medically unfit for deployment? We'll try to employ you elsewhere, says Canada's top general - Politics - CBC News
The Canadian military is redesigning itself to make room for troops who may not be "deployable," but are still "employable," the country's top general said.
The remarks by Gen. Jonathan Vance, the chief of the defence staff, represent a social and cultural sea change for an institution that has been accused of discarding injured members who, in some cases, have begged to continue serving.
Since the release of the Liberal government's new defence policy last spring, Vance has telegraphed that he wants to improve the career prospects of the wounded and that he was open to being more flexible
Indeed, the often-touted policy itself stipulated that wounded troops would be allowed to remain in uniform "on a case-by-case basis."
But Vance went a step further in his comments at the end of a marathon news conference last week related to the government's suicide-prevention strategy.
"We are in the process of redesigning the force structure of the Armed Forces," he said, noting that post-traumatic stress should not be barrier to serving your country.
"Give someone purpose. And more importantly, remove the automatic-ness, if that's a word, of leaving the Armed Forces simply because you come forward and manifest with a mental health challenge. We have lots of people inside the Armed Forces who are — have — are suffering mental illness, and they carry on."
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Medically unfit for deployment? We'll try to employ you elsewhere, says Canada's top general - Politics - CBC News
