Are there any other questions from any of the other committee members?
I just wanted to say a couple of things to you, Mr. Monaghan. First off, I totally agree with you in keeping it simple and tasteful. It's an honourable goal, and I think it's very adequate for this room, considering this room is a modest size and the ceiling in this particular room is low because we're on a lower floor. I think if you had too much, it would be overwhelming, as you've said.
But I do agree with Mr. Kerr, as well, that trying to find one item—I don't know how you'd do it. But trying to find one thing that would speak to the broad generational expanse of veterans, the thing that came to my mind—and again, I would have to think more about it—is that one of the things I've heard at every veterans event is “At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them”. Trying to find something that unites them, from the First World War veterans to those of today, might be an impossible pursuit, but an honourable one.
I thank you for reminding the committee about the Centre Block being dedicated to veterans. The Peace Tower, of course, was constructed as a memorial to the 10% of the population of Canada who went to war in World War I, and of course 10% of them never returned.
The Senate, as well, is a place where there's much art work focused on the conflicts the Canadian military has been involved in. So it's my intention, if the committee will allow me, to send a letter to the guides in the precinct to make sure, if they're not mentioning that the Centre Block is dedicated to veterans, that they do so, either when they're in the Memorial Chamber pointing out that the inscription is downstairs or at the time they are downstairs they point out it's in both official languages and clear that the entire Centre Block is dedicated to veterans.
Unless there's any objection, it sounded to me—although there were some concerns—that the initial four panels were a good place to start. Do I have the notion correct that we have that consensus? So if September is the date, then I certainly look forward to seeing them, and then we may have some discussion in the future about some other elements. We'll leave it at that, the four panels, and then we'll have some discussion in the future regarding maybe a review of that.