Thank you, Chair.
Thank you to all our witnesses today for taking the trouble. We much appreciate Mrs. McNeill for travelling to Ottawa today, and gentlemen, for your time on the teleconferencing.
Retired Lieutenant-Colonel Michael Stevenson, I was very intrigued by what you just said. Also, I have to tell you that the vast majority of my veterans in Oakville, whom I've spoken to in the past on this issue, both recently and as a member of provincial Parliament when Dave Boushy introduced his bill, have taken your position.
But you had an idea there that was intriguing, and that is to allow people time off work, as necessary, to attend a ceremony, or to take five minutes of personal time to have their own personal memorial—and I'm just paraphrasing what you said. It occurred to me that there is a precedent for that, and that is on voting days employers are required to give people time to vote if they're otherwise working.
I wonder if you could expand on that idea a little bit, perhaps. Also, you talked about more leadership on how to celebrate our veterans' service and remembrance and to practise Remembrance Day if it just remains as it is now.