These are people like Mr. Bolton. After months of work trying to prove their case, they were rejected by a form letter sent to their homes. As I stated earlier, this is shameful, disgusting, and, quite frankly, embarrassing to all of us as parliamentarians and to Canada as a caring, compassionate nation.
The minister has refused to address the issue with Crawford, so I'm asking the minister, who is here, to look at this again. I'm also asking the committee to support this motion, use their independence to examine the issue, call these survivors as witnesses, call in the medical experts as witnesses, and decide how we can proceed to assist them. That, I believe, can be accomplished with a simple examination by a qualified professional.
Other countries accomplished this. Why can't Canada? These victims have endured a life of pain, suffering, discrimination, and lost opportunity. Let's not make another unhappy and depressing Christmas for these folks.
Thank you very much.