It may be splitting hairs, but I think when in doubt you go to the proponent, in this case my colleague, Mr. Thibault. The spouse of a deceased military person is automatically, in my view, the spouse of a veteran. Even though that person's life did not constitute any time as a veteran, they are as beneficiaries of veterans benefits, the family of a veteran.
Does that make sense to you, Robert, that the family of a deceased military person who was killed on active duty, who in their life was not a veteran, the family, by receiving veterans benefits, are the family of a veteran and therefore the veterans affairs committee should have some purview over this question?
That was the hair I wanted to split.