Veterans Affairs committee  The NATO web page, which I hope you'll all look at tonight, also has Twitter and Facebook links. But you've made a good point. Not everybody in our generation is hooked up to this wonderful Internet and web. So you put your finger on a generational thing, and this is something Ve

Veterans Affairs committee  Mr. Holtzhauer or Mr. Kaulbach can say something. We brought them all the way here, so they might as well….

Veterans Affairs committee  There is a hospital in the United States by the name of Walter Reed Health Care System. It is a centre of excellence for U.S. veterans. There is no such hospital in Canada. We definitely need a hospital for veterans returning from Afghanistan. Post-traumatic stress syndrome is no

Veterans Affairs committee  As you know, there are 10 different health care and veteran treatment systems in Canada, one for each of the provinces, as well as those in the territories. That makes 13 different health care systems in all. So, yes, I am concerned. Once that transfer has been completed, who wil

Veterans Affairs committee  Precisely.

Veterans Affairs committee  That's correct.

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. It's good to be back again. My name is Gordon Jenkins. I am the president of the NATO Veterans of Canada. I am here with my colleagues. Jarrott Holtzhauer is our VP of plans and policies. Thurston Kaulbach—or Tud, as t

Veterans Affairs committee  I'm a member, too.

Veterans Affairs committee  To use Mr. Gravelle's approach, yes.

Veterans Affairs committee  I actually agree with him this time.

Veterans Affairs committee  I see what you're getting at. Yes, it's a really good point.

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes, you put your finger right on it.

Veterans Affairs committee  What we're saying—Don and Bob and me—is this...and we've referred to this letter. The letter says, and Don summed it up, there's not just one report out there; there are three reports, up to 500 recommendations. Why have another report? We've probably talked on each one of thes

Veterans Affairs committee  I have read all of your backgrounds and I know a bit about yours. I'll be quite specific. The Polish in World War II—I have 17 books—were made a lot of promises too. We will wait until we see that there are no cuts in the budget.

Veterans Affairs committee  Yesterday evening, the minister and I had a brainstorming session. He suggested—and this is only an idea—launching a pilot project to provide modern veterans with access to two hospitals, the Perley and Rideau Veterans' Health Centre, in Ottawa, and the Edmonton hospital whose na