Veterans Affairs committee  We were discussing this yesterday, in terms of the lump sum payment versus pension that Don was talking about. You might want to take that, Don.

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes, it was fairly straightforward. There was very little complication. I'm sure there were some people who didn't agree with what happened following their husbands' deaths, for example, with pensions, but it seems to me they've had generally the same experience. I think Don wo

Veterans Affairs committee  I'd say deal with the problem now and we'll work out the details later. I don't think that you can quantify the value of someone's life. It's impossible. After they're gone, we're going to be dealing with a deck of cards that is collapsing into the ground and it's going to be too

Veterans Affairs committee  We weren't either.

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you very much. I am Melynda Jarratt and I am an historian of the Canadian war brides. I've been doing research, writing, and documenting the Canadian war bride experience for more than 25 years. I'm here today to speak about the Veterans Charter because I believe it is im

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I resent the tension between the political parties. It's like World War II. The Allies banded together, and you had people from many different countries, from many different political stripes, who banded together to fight one common enemy. They got together on D-Day, and they sto

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, I would. Yes.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I want the process to get moving, and I want to get this bill passed.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  As is.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  From my perspective, the children are getting to be 65 and 66. The time is ticking. As I said in my second performance before the committee a couple of years back, the royal “you know what” is going to hit the fan. Well, it has started to hit the fan. Quite frankly, we can contin

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I will stand on my head in the corner and spit nickels to get this—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, I will.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, this can't continue. It cannot continue, absolutely. Can I speak?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  This cannot continue, because there are just too many people's lives that have been put on hold here. I'm not joking there. When you can't even buy.... I know people who have bought tickets to go to Britain thinking they were Canadian citizens, and then they thought, I have to ge

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It's another historic day today, because today is the 62nd anniversary of the departure of the very first war bride ship in what they called Operation Daddy, which was the beginning of the war bride transport in 1946. Today is the 62nd anniversary of that. Two years ago, when we