Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I was sitting here and listening with great interest, and I think some really good insight, and I too regret that I was unable to go on the trip.
Specifically to the witnesses, I met with a lady who lives in the Okanagan who works for Veterans Affairs as an occupational therapist, and she has some really good insight. Her husband is a member of the military, and she has been working in the whole military field for several years. I'd like to echo that she might one day become a witness at the defence committee or here.
But I'd like to reinforce my colleague Mr. Shipley's idea about looking at our standing compared to others in the G-7, in terms of respect for veterans and how they're being treated. I think it's a good work project for this committee. Maybe we can all take a look to see where we can learn from others. If we're bringing in other people, we've brought in expertise from Canada, and we can look to others from other countries and learn from each other. We don't have to reinvent the wheel but just pick up the pieces where we are, and it's good to use that as a benchmark as well.
We don't have a steering committee here. I believe we just have the committee of the whole.