§ 9. Mr. R. YOUNGasked the Minister of Pensions whether the term "totally disabled" is merely a pension classification or whether it means totally unable to follow any trade or profession; if it is a pension classification, how many service men so classified are now employed; and, if any, whether total disablement pension once granted has in any case been reduced?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONThe award of a pension at the maximum degree of disablement does not necessarily mean that the pensioner is totally unable to follow any trade or profession. The assessment of a disablement pension is based upon the medical aspect of the man's disability, and I am unable to state the number of men in receipt of maximum pensions who are in fact in employment. Pensions awarded on the basis of a 100 per cent. disablement are in many instances reduced when a fresh medical examination reveals an improvement in the man's physical condition.