Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you for being here, Mr. Griffis. I'll also add my thanks for your service and as you continue your service in support of the veterans.
One of the issues we want to make very clear—and we have discussed it here on many occasions. As one of my colleagues has already said, a veteran is a veteran is a veteran. Even though, in the minds of the public, there might—I say might—be some distinction between somebody who was in the Second World War or the Korean War versus those who maybe served at home in Canada in very important jobs, as mechanics, for example, at Petawawa, which is very important, or as a peacekeeper--many of those peacekeeping missions were in tougher circumstances than some of the war circumstances.
That said, have you ever experienced any difference in the level of service or the response of the department because one was a peacekeeper versus a person who was a World War II veteran, for example? Were you always treated equally, or was there ever a difference in approach?