Veterans Affairs committee  With respect to Chris Beattie, on Monday of this week I joined a committee called the client advisory committee, out of Halifax. Mrs. Beattie sat to my right, and she has a folder that is approximately four or five inches thick with respect to the difficulties that took place in

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes. As part of the veterans independence program.... There's a paragraph in the booklet that is handed out by VAC that says, “transportation costs to foster independence, for activities such as shopping, banking, and visiting friends when transportation is not otherwise availab

Veterans Affairs committee  With respect to the slowness of Veterans Affairs Canada, some applications are extremely complex, and some applications require the resubmission of documents. The resubmission of documents takes time. Sometimes they ask for medical documents. In cases that I'm aware of, the secur

Veterans Affairs committee  In the various committees we serve on, we have brought that to the attention of Veterans Affairs Canada. They're trying to address an operation that will advise people of what is available to them. I'm under the impression that there are still 220,000 veterans out there who may o

Veterans Affairs committee  I told him I would mention it to VAC. One of the reasons Mr. Duffie wrote to me is that as a prelude to coming to Ottawa, I sent an email to our membership, generally. It reaches well over a thousand people in a matter of seconds. Thank goodness for the email system.

Veterans Affairs committee  I served with the Canadian Army Provost Corps, which is now called the military police. I served in Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, and Cyprus.

Veterans Affairs committee  I'm under the impression that this is being addressed by the various committees in Veterans Affairs Canada. The Gerontological Advisory Council has indicated that a veteran is a veteran is a veteran. Although I appreciate the different status of veterans, whether they be World

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you.

Veterans Affairs committee  Good morning. My name is Ron Griffis. I am the national president of the Canadian Association of Veterans in United Nations Peacekeeping. On behalf of our association, I thank you for inviting us here today to give a small talk. Before I start, on November 15, 2007, I happene

Veterans Affairs committee  If I may take the liberty of speaking on behalf of my colleagues, I'd like to thank you for inviting us to speak today. Thank you very much for doing that. We appreciate it.

Veterans Affairs committee  Don is absolutely correct. We're flexible to that extent. We're flexible with respect to “peacekeeper” as opposed to “peacekeeping”, although we have a preference. On the flag issue, we know the flap that was created with respect to the casualties coming home from Afghanistan,

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you.

Veterans Affairs committee  The difference between “peacekeeper” and “peacekeeping” I think is very minimal. To that extent, it encompasses what we would like, and that's the remembrance and the commemoration of those—well over 300,000 Canadians—who have served on peacekeeping missions.

Veterans Affairs committee  With respect to Casques bleus as opposed to gardiens de la paix, our colleagues out of Montreal and out of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu brought this matter to my attention. They suggested that the changes be made. They look at it from the point of view that they want it to be correct

Veterans Affairs committee  I don't know the answer to that question. I appreciate your point of view, that it could be with respect to the school crossing guard or to some parents who are guardians. By the same token, this is the term they suggested.