First of all, I quite agree about the wives. I think the wives have been very, very underrated. I think the part they play is very important.
The other thing I'm glad you brought up is that one of our concerns, not so much in the KVA, because we have a comparatively small group of veterans, but in the National Council of Veterans Associations, is not only with the placement of veterans in homes—which is obviously much better for everyone concerned, if they can get finance or support to stay at home, rather than keeping them in places like Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue or at the Perley, or some place like that—but also with finding places for them. For the person who lives in, let's say, North Bay or Sudbury, where there is no veterans hospital, we're suggesting that DVA should purchase a number of beds—not necessarily purchase them, but at least reserve them. So if a veteran needed to be placed in care, there would be some place for him.
This is one of the things that Cliff Chadderton and Brian Forbes of the NCVA have been pushing for, for a long time. I feel they would be far more qualified to answer that than me, and should they come before this committee, I would suggest you raise that point with them.