I really appreciate your comments.
Every government comes out with a mandate, and they choose to allocate funds and move forward with it. We know from the nature of government and from the nature of the day-to-day that sometimes we fail or we lose sight of our best intentions.
My bill came out before the mandate letters did and we moved forward with those. Bill C-211 calls for a national framework to be developed, working with our provinces, working with legislators, working with industry and academics from across our nation. There are groups that are doing some incredible work. There are provinces that have followed through with different pieces of legislation.
But as we stand today, there are still inconsistencies in what is being delivered from one end of our nation to the other. Leadership needs to be seen. This is calling for a piece of legislation so that irrespective of government, there will be a line item to ensure that the responsibility to our warriors and our front-line workers will be maintained and that as we move forward, we're moving forward in lockstep and taking care of those who serve their communities and their country.