Veterans Affairs committee  Am I allowed to say the things you're asking me to say without—

Veterans Affairs committee  Nobody's calling security, right? Well, to join the U.S. Army, you become a soldier. You become a soldier who picks up a gun and shoots people. You go out there and you kick butt. Remember, the door swung both ways at that time. We had the guys in the States running like crazy to get up here, and the guys up here running like crazy to get down there.

Veterans Affairs committee  And the wrong phone number....

Veterans Affairs committee  Being a civilian, that's a loaded one. Making a civilian...?

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes.

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes.

Veterans Affairs committee  Because it's no different going in. I know, and I see your doing this. See, this is one of the issues when you bring aboriginal people in to give you the information you need: it's “sst, sst”.

Veterans Affairs committee  Yeah, well.... Anyway, you need to keep that in mind when you're doing these things. I'm here until four o'clock if anybody wants to continue this discussion. As to my background, I'm a biomedical electronic engineer who got tired of machines and hospitals and putting up with doctors.

Veterans Affairs committee  Poor you.

Veterans Affairs committee  There are a million things. The first thing I'd like to put on the table is to caution every single, solitary one of you from the top of Veterans Affairs down to be careful of who you choose as an elder. Make sure they are truly recognized by their people as elders, not by just anybody.

Veterans Affairs committee  Exactly.

Veterans Affairs committee  Well, it's just like the little example I gave you about a woman having her period. That, in mainstream society, is nothing. You know it happens, okay, so you go buy your.... But within our culture, it's a big deal, and being able to communicate with a female veteran who can say, “Yes, okay; now, this is how we deal with it....”

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes, I understand. That's what I'm saying.

Veterans Affairs committee  Developing this day was not to, in any way whatsoever, take anything away. It was to enhance the fact that our communities were losing what an aboriginal veteran was. They were losing their veterans. They're dying. They're gone. I noticed in your invitation that you had no recognition of World War I: wrong.

Veterans Affairs committee  Do you have anything else?