Veterans Affairs committee  In the scale that we looked at from social...within our resources and so on, they're lacking. In Alberta—no offence—we're the lowest-funded across Canada. We struggle. We create partners. We do a lot of work. We're intervening. We're shaking hands with the neighbours in Saskatche

Veterans Affairs committee  I mentioned communication and how you do it with regard to this, because it seems as though everybody shows up when there's a funeral. I will just make a side note. In my travels, I do visit cemeteries and I see who has the military thing there. That's where I find my evidence o

Veterans Affairs committee  We were interviewing some past veterans. If you put a video up and you hear a voice you'll see, as I said, we're not paper-related. If we hear someone talking or knowing that language, that brings attention, whether it be the veteran or someone in that capacity. It doesn't just

Veterans Affairs committee  We use the words “healing” and “wellness” a lot. The friendship centres now have what we call healing camps. We have a teepee in Lac La Biche. It goes 24 hours. There are people from all over the world coming, and we share our experiences. Once a couple of veterans saw that, they

Veterans Affairs committee  It's challenging. It just depends. In our Lac La Biche first nation, my supervisor's 93 years old, and she's been doing this from day one. She knows every veteran in our area, in the Lac La Biche northeast corridor, as far as Saskatchewan. Her husband passed away many years ago.

Veterans Affairs committee  It's called wraparound services. Maybe you can expand on wraparound services for him.

Veterans Affairs committee  That's a connection we need. As soon as they leave the forces, where do we track that? Where do we find it? That's what we're skipping right now. Thank you.

Veterans Affairs committee  We have the same haircut.

Veterans Affairs committee  An example is Wainwright. Every year there are about 120 or 110 registered. Say 100 will register, and 85 will make it. This year was the biggest, again, for indigenous veterans from across Canada, the north, I think as far as the Manitoba border to B.C. and up north. In my conv

Veterans Affairs committee  On retention, if they have a cadet program at home or where they're going to, sometimes they go back there; if not, they're off to a job or a career or something else. A lot of them will go home and do that. Acknowledging them is a gap in the system—not a big one. I can't really

Veterans Affairs committee  This is my fifth time on retirement, but we were told there's no such thing as retirement in our lifetime because what you learned back there has to be moved forward to the people behind you. I don't use the word “recruitment”. We find other ways.... It's [Witness speaks in Cree]

Veterans Affairs committee  Okay, good.

Veterans Affairs committee  I don't know if this is negative or.... I hate the word “cross-cultural”. It's been overused at times. The non-indigenous people understanding us when we're in military and civilian life, I'd like to.... When we come in as the military, we're one unit. Somebody has to teach them

Veterans Affairs committee  Some of the areas we look at are also the stories you talk about. One of them is Tommy Prince. Everybody in our Legion has a big picture of him. I did have a few beers with him one time, but that's another story.

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes, many years ago.