Veterans Affairs committee  I think the minister already has a list of recommendations and we cannot help but wonder why another series of recommendations is necessary.

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes, he has enough recommendations right now.

Veterans Affairs committee  As I mentioned, Mr. Galipeau, we did not have an organization before 2005.

Veterans Affairs committee  NATO Veterans primarily accept and welcome any veteran. Most of our membership is made up of post-Korean veterans up to and including Afghanistan veterans. You'll hear the term “traditional veterans”, who are the World War II and Korean veterans. It's an artificial definition, bu

Veterans Affairs committee  I would like to support Gord on that one. NATO Veterans is on record to Veterans Affairs Canada, in our four years, asking that we please be consulted for the agenda for the stakeholders' meeting. We were never, ever, consulted or asked. We were issued an agenda and we were told

Veterans Affairs committee  I'll be very brief. I couldn't put it any better than these two gentlemen to my right. I would like my response to be exactly the same as Gord's and Brad's.

Veterans Affairs committee  I think the time for intensive reviews is done. You've had reviews. You've had reports. Why have another one? Why not catch up on the ones already on the table because you have 200 now. What will come out of this committee? Another 10? Clean up the act first. Let's see some actio

Veterans Affairs committee  In my speech I said that we have been around for four years, unlike ANAVETS, which has been around since 1890. So we're a new organization. We came in the middle of this. That might help a bit because we can see.... There is a saying en anglais, “you can't see the forest for the

Veterans Affairs committee  I just need to make my conclusions, sir.

Veterans Affairs committee  I didn't go to Acadia for nothing, sir. The new Veterans Charter was introduced in 2006. There's been one amendment, with three items to it. This was before NATO vets was even formed. The new Veterans Charter was a four-year study by the Department of National Defence and the

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. We only finished it an hour ago, Mr. Kerr. That's why it's not translated. My roots are Franco-Ontarian, but I live in Nepean now, which is 100% English-speaking. I don't often have the opportunity to speak French. You can ask me your questions in Frenc

Veterans Affairs committee  You've asked about three questions, and I'll try to wrap them up into one. One is about St. Anne's Hospital. I know the project manager—he's a very close friend, Rick Neville—and his trials and tribulations of handing over the hospital to Quebec. What we're saying is that Mr. Ch

Veterans Affairs committee  Are you familiar with Perley hospital in Ottawa? It was a veterans hospital. There is a waiting list, ladies and gentlemen, of three years for World War Two and Korean veterans to get in. We don't stand a chance as a modern-day veteran of ever seeing a bed in a contracted hospita

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes.

Veterans Affairs committee  You're looking for positive things. Having you listen to us is, for us, a positive thing. That somebody cares enough to get four old you-know-whats in here and listen seriously to our concerns is a positive thing. We want to thank you. Veterans Affairs, with its attempt at this