Yes, that's a very good question. The term “war veterans” is in common usage at Veterans Affairs to refer to this group for which our council is mandated to give advice: World War I veterans—I think there are still three remaining—World War II veterans, and the Korean War veterans. We have had Bosnia, and of course we have Afghanistan right now.
This is not an official position of council, but let me just say that I, myself, find it difficult to make a distinction between Canadian Forces veterans and traditional veterans. Again, as we say in the report, we think a veteran is a veteran is a veteran. If you've worn the uniform and put yourself at risk for your country, you should be considered a veteran. The distinction may have had some administrative usefulness, and it may still have some administrative usefulness. But in terms of the kinds of needs any of these veterans are going to have, we think they're the same, whether they've been in peacekeeping or peace enforcement or in actual, formally defined wars. But we had to live within our mandate as a council for the war veterans.