I'd like to answer that, because we have the same problems in Saskatchewan, where I'm from. I myself pay for some of the rooms. People come down from northern Saskatchewan. Maybe their band will pay for a motel room for one night. And then they're back. If they don't make that appointment with the doctor.... So they phone me, and I pay for the room.
The problem is that they're not taking care of the veterans as they should. When I was president of the Korean veterans in Saskatoon, I had my person approach Veterans Affairs to give us the names of the veterans. They have 500 there. I said, “Give us the names. We'll phone them. We'll have somebody go into your office and phone those veterans to ask them how they're doing.” They wouldn't. They wouldn't allow that. It's their policy. We're trying to help them.
There is another thing too. My cousin was in the Second World War, the Korean War, and peacekeeping. He said, “I'm going to die before they do an assessment on me to get a wheelchair.” He waited six weeks before somebody came in to do an assessment. And then he had a problem going to the washroom. After my mother passed, I had that, so I brought it. And the Korean veteran's wife died, so we gave him a wheelchair.
You see, that's their job. That's what I'm trying to say. Why don't they phone these people? It takes six weeks before they assess and help this veteran. As you know, the Second World War veterans are 85. The Korean veterans are in their seventies. So they're pretty nearly at the end of their line. These guys are 85 and 86 years old. That's the problem. But the thing is that they need assistance.