Thank you once again.
Sir, on the situation at Petawawa, I was glad to see Ontario and the federal government get together and resolve that issue, but it took an ombudsman's report and media attention to do that. You said earlier that you didn't want a situation — and I believe the term was to “ghettoize” this particular concern. I'm not sure if that's the word I would use.
When I look at a military base, I look at it as having a separate identity. The men and women who serve our country are prepared to pay the ultimate sacrifice, and the families on those military bases are prepared to have their mom or dad do that. When they suffer concerns, I don't think we should be playing ping-pong or bat-the-ball because it's someone else's jurisdiction.
This is a military component, and I have always believed that the federal government should be responsible for their concerns. I know this isn't your issue to address, but I would hope that in the future we don't have places like Shearwater, Esquimalt, Borden, Valcartier, or any more reports of that in the future, and that the federal government would take its responsibility. And I would hope that if provincial facilities are there, they would work closely before we had another ombudsman's report. I'm glad to see that you're correct in that the situation was resolved.
Going back to Louise Richard again, the headline of the article says: “New veterans not entitled to Canada's federal government's healthcare facilities”. Is that a true headline?