Veterans Affairs committee  Our relationship with the Royal Canadian Legion as well as Veterans Affairs Canada is in the category of excellent. We get along very well. I enjoy the company of Jack Frost, the president of the Royal Canadian Legion. Although Jack is not a veteran per se, he understands veteran

Veterans Affairs committee  The number I mentioned is the number, I understand, who are out there who have not contacted Veterans Affairs Canada. Perhaps they don't have a reason to contact Veterans Affairs Canada. One of the issues we have with respect to communicating is that the longer we put off commu

Veterans Affairs committee  A qualified answer to your question is yes. I feel we could operate as one as long as we can keep the identity of the original association--for example, if I were to join the Legion as a member of the federation of veterans, would I be allowed to wear my blue blazer? Would I be a

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes, I agree there is a tremendous amount of work that could be addressed. But by the same token, I appreciate the dollars and cents issue that goes along with any program, and that causes me some concern. You can volunteer only so much, and then it becomes a problem.

Veterans Affairs committee  There's a qualified answer to that, and the answer is yes, we get along quite well with Veterans Affairs, but we still must appreciate the privacy issue. A case in point is a veteran in Berwick, Nova Scotia, who requires a hearing aid and won't let me give his name to VAC for t

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes. For instance, in Greenwood, Nova Scotia, a lot of our veterans have services that take place in Halifax and they have to take a bus; they don't have a vehicle available to them. They must take a bus, and it's not covered.

Veterans Affairs committee  No, it's not covered.

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes.

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes.

Veterans Affairs committee  No. As a matter of fact, when Dr. Marshall appeared before this committee, he expressed a concern that this committee was not given a copy of Keeping the Promise firsthand. That is part and parcel of the communication difficulty, and by the same token, we're quite content that a

Veterans Affairs committee  To the best of my knowledge, we've always been treated equally. There's been no difficulty.

Veterans Affairs committee  I find if there is a lack of documentation with respect to an injury or with respect to a claim, if that claim is examined by a person with knowledge of the particular employment of the claimant, that could assist the claimant. I'll give you an example. If a person spent a grea

Veterans Affairs committee  I agree with your submission. When a veteran experiences difficulty, I find they withdraw. They withdraw from social activities; they withdraw from the community; they withdraw from normal activities that you and I perhaps do every day without thinking twice about. They just with

Veterans Affairs committee  No, it's okay. Thank you.

Veterans Affairs committee  I find the RCMP have much better benefits than the military do. I feel the military benefits could be addressed, increased.