Often when we think about veterans, a lot of people in the Canadian Forces don't consider themselves veterans. We go to a Remembrance Day service and we see the old gentlemen and older ladies, perhaps in wheelchairs or with canes, and they, for us, are veterans. When you're 25 you never think of yourself in that way. When you do veterans groups, which are very easy to get a hold of, I would like to.... Anyway, it would be interesting to know what the consultation would be, if it was by age group, about what people would prefer.
I have another question. In this section here it mentions “served...a total of at least six years in the regular force, in the reserve force or in both”. What happens if you do, let's say, the regular force initial contract, and you do two of them and you get up to 10 years, and then you leave and you go into the reserves at the end of those 10 years? Are you able to then access the $40,000, or are you now required to leave completely the Canadian Armed Forces and then re-engage with the reserves at a later date?