We certainly wish you well in these challenges. It's obvious we can never do enough for our veterans.
On a more thorny subject, I have here a well-worn copy of a very important promise made. I have copies for the minister and members of the committee, although I understand every one of us has seen this many times. It is a promise that came long after costs were well known to this committee. I would ask the minister to address all veterans and widows as to exactly what they are to make of this letter on Stephen Harper's letterhead saying that a Conservative government would, and I quote, “...immediately extend Veterans Independence Program services to the widows of all Second World War and Korean War veterans...”.
Can the minister tell veterans in a straightforward way whether there are plans under way to implement this promise or whether the letter is a forgery? Or is it simply going to be a broken promise?