Veterans Affairs committee  Yes, I know. I said that because we're not invited to those things. When they're putting things like that together for aboriginal people, I wish we'd be invited to participate. There are only...different people that are invited to these things.

Veterans Affairs committee  Certainly, I'd like to.

Veterans Affairs committee  When this organization first started, we did a survey, but the majority of the veterans are gone now. They were mainly Second World War. There are hardly any Inuit, although there may be a few. We have one in our organization here. As to a percentage, I couldn't put a finger on

Veterans Affairs committee  Oh, you'd never get an answer on that. Even when you do an interview with them, they won't tell you what education they have. The elderly people will tell you that they don't have any. They'll still sign a cheque with an X. That's how bad it is. People don't realize it. So they

Veterans Affairs committee  For a lot, yes.

Veterans Affairs committee  No, all the veterans.

Veterans Affairs committee  It came to my attention. Actually, there was a guy down at the hotel who said, “Why don't you guys start your own regiment?” I brought it forward to a general, actually, when we were on a trip overseas. You couldn't start a regiment, to start off with, but my idea was that you c

Veterans Affairs committee  I sit on that committee. It's in Victoria, and it's a naval program. There are young people coming in right from Winnipeg. I also put forward for the air force to get the three different groups...so they can serve if they want to.

Veterans Affairs committee  I am, yes. It's based on what I do. That's why I got the Order of Canada. I work with young people to try to get them off the streets and straighten them up. We have a couple of guys who ended up going to university. I'm chairman of the friendship centre in Saskatoon. I'm also t

Veterans Affairs committee  Well, the first nations president comes out of Sarnia. I was at a meeting with him last week here in town. But they're a global funding organization. They fund their own veterans; there's no funding going directly to their veterans.

Veterans Affairs committee  Certainly.

Veterans Affairs committee  I know that in Saskatoon, where I come from, they have one aboriginal person working there. I don't know how much he travels. He came to one of our meetings and explained the VIP program, which is what you're talking about, and some other new programs for veterans who are coming

Veterans Affairs committee  Regina or Saskatoon.

Veterans Affairs committee  That's right. They'd have to come into Saskatoon. Their appointments to see doctors or specialists and so on are usually in the Saskatoon-Regina area. My complaint about this is that they're not.... I'm drawing a 92% pension--it got racked up from a couple of jobs out in Edmonto

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes.