Pierre Allard, of the Royal Canadian Legion, is in the audience. He's from my riding. I'd like Pierre to confirm for us that, at the legion, 80 percent of the problems of service officers are associated with the Appeal Board. We simply want to tell you that things aren't going very well at that board.
As regards post-traumatic stress, I agree with you that it is often easier to repair a severed arm than psychological damage. I can see that point. However, new clients recently seem to have appeared. These are individuals who fought in the First or Second World War and who suffered shellshock. That's like post-traumatic stress. These people have always treated themselves with gin. Some of them see that Veterans Affairs Canada is specializing in these matters, because of the young people, and are asking me whether they can seek assistance from the department. People 80 years old ask me that, and I tell them yes.
We're going to have to start reorganizing. I invite my friend Suzanne to think about people 70, 75 or 80 years of age who have been drinking since they came back from the war and are dealing with alcoholism. That's because we never solved the problem in their heads.
I wouldn't want the same thing to happen to our young people, our sons who are 34 and 35, and for them to deal with that problem until they die.