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www.vanguardcanada.com AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2016 27 IntervIew I you can successfully transit on a custom- ized plan. Until you are safe, have the education that you need, the rehab that you need, and so on. And that is part of the seam- less transition work that Walt [Natynczyk – Deputy Minister of Veterans Affairs] and John [Forster – Deputy Minister of Na- tional Defence] and the two Minister are doing. Q: You were at the Invictus Games recently, so you saw a lot of our best. Yes, there are tremendous people out there who, through no fault of their own, where something happens in their military career, there is an element of limitation, and they don't deserve that. I think they can stay connected to the Armed Forces in many ways but to be serving in uniform, you have to be able to meet the conditions of universality of service – you just have to. That being said, we can, I think, build into our force structure policies to take care of people as long as we need to allow them to make their transition. My sense is that if you keep people in who would otherwise have a brilliant ca- reer, the limitations will start to hurt over- time; and I don't think that's fair either. Now, I think there is ample room first to look at where high quality people can join the public service and continue to contrib- ute. And if you look at intelligence and the social media world and all that, there are going to be a lot of ways to contribute to the success of the Armed Forces but you won't necessarily need to be in uniform. Q: Thanks, Chief. In the next part of the interview, the CDS talks about his role with the Government, the Defence Policy Review, operations and procurement. Lieutenant-General (Retd) J.O. Michel Mai- sonneuve, CMM, MSC, CD, is Academic Di- rector of Royal Military College Saint-Jean. he completed 35 years of service in the Ca- nadian Armed forces in 2007 culminating in the position of Chief of Staff of NATO's Supreme Allied Command Transformation in Norfolk, USA. he also held the position of Assistant Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff in Ottawa. An Armour officer from 12e Régiment blindé du Canada, Lt. Gen. (Retd) Maisonneuve distinguished himself in progressive leadership and staff posi- tions in Canada and abroad at every level. Suicide prevention, getting people the care they need, that's going to help. Ill, injured and sick, we have to make certain that was notwithstanding universality of service, we stop people from thinking that declaring an illness or a hurt is going to automatically have a negative career effect, particularly on promotion. BEST DEFENCE CONFERENCE London, Ontario For more information, please contact: Heather Pilot: heather@bestdefenceconference.com | 519.471.3406 or Holly Doty: holly@connectdot.ca | 519.204.2499 November 8-9, 2016 London Convention Centre Early bird registration is now open: bestdefenceconference.com NEW Tech Showcase Get a first-hand look at some highly innovative technologies from across Canada

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