Justice committee  I will answer in English.

Justice committee  It is easier for me. The military history of Canada is part of the cadet training program. Just by the fact that the cadets wear a military-style uniform, they feel themselves connected to the Canadian Forces in a direct way. They hold these people up as heroes right from the ge

Justice committee  The school program?

Justice committee  I don't think there's enough history taught in schools, if that's your direct question—especially Canadian history. They'd be hard-pressed to name any of the battles of the War of 1812, unless they live in Stony Point.

Justice committee  Yes, Mr. Chair. Thank you very much for having me attend here today. I found out about this late last night, so I come a little bit unprepared, but you're going to get it right off the cuff. Sometimes that's good; sometimes that's bad. Listening to these gentlemen, I couldn't a

Veterans Affairs committee  The Cold War wasn't as cold as people think it was. There was the Congo and Cyprus, and all sorts of things happened. Some of our folks went to these peacekeeping operations and were forced to stand by and do nothing and observe horrendous things that went on, so there is an el

Veterans Affairs committee  You have to make it personal. One of the ways that this might be explained--the tradition of the poppy--is that in the soil of Flanders, when bodies became buried in the middle of the battles, when shells would blow earth up into the air, people could tell where a body was becaus

Veterans Affairs committee  Okay, then, a Coke. Just listen to what they want to say. Everyone here at this table is considered a VIP by a veteran. Many of the veterans will be tongue-tied. But just wait and it will come out. I learned the history of my regiment by playing golf with the old veterans and

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes, we do. We put everything up on Facebook, Twitter, websites—as much as we can. We hit them all.

Veterans Affairs committee  I think a lot of them are being honoured. I'll be seeing some of them over the weekend. The word I get from these young fellows and gals is that they're getting a little embarrassed. If I were going to honour their service, I think I'd look at the individuals. Yes, they went in

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes. They have a sense of service, and surprisingly even some of the people who did very heroic things don't see themselves as heroes. They're just ordinary Canadians, in the same way that ordinary Canadians took Vimy Ridge. It's the same case with the two Chenier brothers from B

Veterans Affairs committee  DND provides funding to the Canadian Forces for delivery of the program. It's about $198 million per year. I get a grant of about $400,000 to run my office.

Veterans Affairs committee  Correct; it's through DND.

Veterans Affairs committee  I'm on the periphery of that. My office has a grant agreement that's going to go on until about 2016, so there's a commitment from the federal government to preserve that funding. However, from what I can understand, and from being in some of the meetings, the Canadian Forces fol

Veterans Affairs committee  I believe it's 2016.