That is a very complex question. I honestly don't believe that this is actually a.... To me, this is a question that goes to the root of what the purpose of the Canadian Forces is. Do Canadians want a Canadian Forces that is combat capable, or beyond that, is it also a social net for ex-members? In my mind, that's something for the military to answer.
If you want to keep these people, if that's the way the government and Canadians want it, then you have to change the whole construct of the Canadian Forces. There's a whole lot of legal issues, because we have the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, whereas often the other militaries are somewhat, and I don't want to say exempt, but they don't have the same constraints that the Charter of Rights and Freedoms imposes on the Canadian Forces.
To me, in the way I know the Canadian Forces, the mandate of the Canadian Forces is to be combat capable; therefore, universality applies, and Veterans Affairs Canada exists to look after the veterans who can no longer serve in the Canadian Forces.
That is the way I think it's supposed to work. That's the way they work it in the United States.