I absolutely agree.
There is, as you mentioned, a tremendous amount of time and effort and investment involved in the training of these animals. I'm suspect that many of you have seen these animals in the rigorous training they go through. To suggest that we wouldn't want to reflect society's value of these animals, I think, would be wrong-headed. This legislation, I believe, will put greater emphasis and underscore the value that they provide us each and every day.
We expect in the future to see more use of animals for what I was describing earlier as animal therapy. They provide great comfort to soldiers who are suffering from post-traumatic stress. I saw a demonstration recently in Halifax by an organization called Paws Fur Thought, and a retired member of the armed forces named Medric Cousineau. You can see the impact these dogs are having on the lives of soldiers, police officers, and by bringing them to a better place, a safer place, it's helping with regard to their therapy and treatment. They have not lost a single person to suicide since they entered into this program, so there's tremendous value. I think we're going to see greater emphasis and use of animals in the future.