In a cooperative nature, and now that we have the fiscal capacity in this country.... I'm just throwing this out there for general discussion. It seems that lately we're getting a lot of calls from British and Polish veterans looking for assistance through DVA, and unfortunately, we have to tell them that because they served under another country during the war, they are not covered.
If we do have an ombudsman and if we do have the veterans bill of rights, should not these veterans also have access? They don't have the services now, so the ombudsman would have to say right now, “No, we can't discuss your concern because you're not covered under DVA.” I find it rather unfortunate. They served with Canadians but not under Canadians. I can understand the fiscal restraint in the mid-1990s, but now that that excuse is gone, would it not be feasible or advisable to somehow include these veterans as well under DVA protection so that they in turn could fall under the bill of rights for the veterans ombudsman?
I know that's a parliamentary situation.