Here you have to take a look at perhaps a different terminology with an investment, Mr. Chair. This is an investment in people. This is an investment in the people who have perhaps gone to foreign lands or fought within Canada. They have suffered injuries, sometimes mental illness. They have come back so that at the end of this day, you and I can walk out of this historic building, to the top of the front of the stairs overlooking the front lawn, and breathe that thing we call freedom. That freedom did not come without a cost. We have to ensure that those people who have done that on our behalf are looked after at a cost to the people of Canada, who are the beneficiaries of all that that has taken place by these people. Thank you.
On September 29th, 2014. See this statement in context.