Comparative Study of Services to Veterans in Other Jurisdictions

'[The] profound change in the nature of armed conflicts, and the increased danger to soldiers, has created the need for a corresponding change throughout the system of services for people who have grappled with the consequences of these conflicts – veterans and their families. Canada and its allies are now at the stage where they can step back and assess the performance of the many programs introduced to respond to the transformation in armed conflict following the end of the Cold War. The committee members chose to take this broad perspective in their study of services to veterans in other jurisdictions. The committee’s objective was not to examine all aspects of a specific program but to expand the scope and consider the decisions made by Canada and its allies over the years to see if approaches that produced sound results could serve as inspiration here, or inversely, to prevent Canada from embracing an idea that seemed promising a few years ago but has failed to produce the anticipated results'--Introd., p. 3, 4.