Citizenship and Immigration committee  Good afternoon. I'm Melynda Jarratt, for those who have not met me before. This is my fourth trip before the committee in two years and my second trip this year. First I would like to ask, is it possible for us to be joined by Pauline Merrette, who is here today on behalf of he

Citizenship and Immigration committee  In fact, I find it interesting that you raise that question, because I spoke with Pierre Allard, of the Royal Canadian Legion, on Friday, and with Joe Taylor, by way of conference call. In that conference call, Mr. Allard surprised me by saying he's not even happy with 1910. He w

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I can add to that. On Friday afternoon I personally received calls from two people I'd never heard from before. They were asking me for help about how they can get their passenger list--such as this one for Senator Roméo Dallaire, for example. This is his passenger list. These t

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Okay. The last thing I want to say is that as far as the Minister of Veterans Affairs.... And so many other ministers were dragged into this over the course of those years, because everywhere the war brides met, or interceded with any government department, the ministers would g

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Good morning. My name is Melynda Jarratt. I live in Fredericton, New Brunswick, and I'm an historian of the Canadian war brides. I've been working on this subject for 20 years. This is my third appearance before this committee. I appeared in April 2005 and was recalled in May 20