Ms. Hinton, I'd also like to remind the committee of what the minister said last week, and this echoes what Sean was talking about.
The minister said last week that time is on our side, that there is a 29- or 30-year period to fix the glitches within the new Veterans Charter.
I vehemently disagree with that. I also disagree with his statement that the glitches will be fixed in the new Veterans Charter if this government or a future government decides to do it.
You rightly said that everything that is in your election statement, which I have here, has to be done in a context that's meaningful, which means that “immediate” is not translated as 29 or 30 years from now, or sometime during the next 10 years. Immediacy has a different meaning to those of us who sit on this side of the table.
Also, reflecting on some of the shortcomings that were discussed at the last committee meeting, it has been over 50 years and we're still waiting for the Agent Orange problem to be resolved. We've had veterans from World War II who have not had their cases resolved. It has to be a question of timeliness--not eventually.
Thank you.