On the World War I front, Jeremy and I have a pretty unique job insofar as we get to interact with Canadian history every day. This year we met John Babcock, who's Canada's last living World War I veteran. We drove to Spokane, Washington, to meet with him for three hours, to interact with him and to hear his story. I think that living history of Canada's contribution to World War I is largely lost. It's really a very sad thing.
With regard to World War II, our World War II veterans are 86 or 87 years old, on average. At the Memory Project we'll do our part through the digital archives to record stories for posterity. We'll go the extra mile to make sure every living World War II veteran who wants to share their story in the classroom can do so. But there aren't that many years left of large numbers of visits by veterans who are 90 years old. We certainly need to be very aware of this problem, and I think the example of World War I veterans certainly should send a message to us. The committee is right to point to that, and you're right to point out that we need someone passing the torch of remembrance on, preserving memories of our World War II veterans. That's what we're trying to do here at the Memory Project.