Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you very much. This is my first time in this room. I really didn't know of its existence until last week. I'm representing the national president of the Korea Veterans Association, who couldn't make it here today. I want to mention that we're all accustomed to going to Bi

Veterans Affairs committee  I've never experienced any problems or known of any, and none have been reported.

Veterans Affairs committee  Senator Martin is working on that now, at least for the Korea veterans. We should have not only the Korea veterans, but all of the veterans accumulating on the Hill, and have a ceremony like the one we had many years ago, when Adrienne Clarkson was the Governor General. We should

Veterans Affairs committee  If we could make that happen, it would be great. I'm going to suggest that to Senator Martin, by the way.

Veterans Affairs committee  Of course. Our Korea veterans have noticed a difference. Several years ago I attended Parliament. I think General Hillier was Chief of the Defence Staff, and there was a presentation on the new charter, or the change. I said at the time that you might be doing a disservice to ve

Veterans Affairs committee  The problem with the new charter is that the disability pensions would disappear, the life pensions would disappear. When I was told that if you died, your next of kin—I guess your mother or your wife or whoever you had on your will—would receive $250,000, I thought, “There's the

Veterans Affairs committee  I think that the Korean veterans, who still come under the old pension charter, benefit very much by that. Also, belonging to an association like the Korea Veterans Association of Canada has brought in a wealth of information regarding dealing with Veterans Affairs Canada. Does

Veterans Affairs committee  My name is Bill Black. I'm 82 years old, and our battles were 65 years ago. We have a different statement to make. We probably live in an isolated world because of our age, which is close to that of the Second World War veterans. Ladies and gentlemen, 30 years ago, the charter