Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, ladies and gentlemen. It's an honour to be here. The gentleman to my right just stole my speech, so I will be brief.

Veterans Affairs committee  You can hear it again. One question that was asked is, who is this group, NATO Veterans Organization? These gentlemen here in the group to my right...I belong to it. I also have done a number of tours of peacekeeping, but I did NATO. It's surprising, we've been in NATO for a thi

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you very much for your comments. You're right about Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue; it is the last one. I met with the minister last night. He gave me an hour. One of the things I said to him was, for crying out loud, don't turn over Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue. Keep one hospital and

Veterans Affairs committee  No, sir.

Veterans Affairs committee  No, sir. I think I know what you're getting at about access to the VIP. I've had personal experience. My wife goes to the Y, and she had a friend there who went every day to visit her 90-year-old World War II veteran father, and she didn't know about the VIP program. I put he

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes, sir.

Veterans Affairs committee  Yesterday evening, the minister and I had a brainstorming session. He suggested—and this is only an idea—launching a pilot project to provide modern veterans with access to two hospitals, the Perley and Rideau Veterans' Health Centre, in Ottawa, and the Edmonton hospital whose na

Veterans Affairs committee  Glenwood...? Yes, that's it. My apologies. Modern veterans' needs in terms of long-term care have to be established. This is just an idea, there is no....

Veterans Affairs committee  There is the Helmets to Hard Hats program, the inspiration for which came from a U.S. program and which helps provide jobs for veterans. The Walter Reed hospital is the only one of its kind in the United States. It's a centre like the Heart Institute here. The one we have in O

Veterans Affairs committee  I have read all of your backgrounds and I know a bit about yours. I'll be quite specific. The Polish in World War II—I have 17 books—were made a lot of promises too. We will wait until we see that there are no cuts in the budget.

Veterans Affairs committee  I'm a member, too.

Veterans Affairs committee  To use Mr. Gravelle's approach, yes.

Veterans Affairs committee  I actually agree with him this time.

Veterans Affairs committee  I see what you're getting at. Yes, it's a really good point.

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes, you put your finger right on it.