I think it is an area of concern for all of us, because we do know that we're right in the midst of a worldwide economic downturn, which is not good for any of us. It's a place we don't want to be, but because of circumstances, that's where we all are. And I'm certainly not laying the blame at the foot of this government or any other government; it's just one of those things that we have to deal with as we move ahead.
We often say around this place, and it's an expression that we overuse, that we should “move forward”, but the truth is that we're not going to download any of these problems onto the backs of our veterans or our men and women in uniform; we're completely committed to them. We're not going to download, as we've said, onto the backs of the provinces, because if we did that, if we talked about downloading onto the backs of the provinces, Mr. McColeman, basically it would mean that the cost of the services that we provide to the veterans through our universal health care would have to be borne by someone. So we're just not going to do that. So we're truly committed to maintaining these programs, and we'll do that. Again, the budget speaks for itself.
We just haven't done that, and I think most of our veterans and our men and women in uniform will take some comfort from that, that we haven't downloaded on them and we have no intention of downloading on them through these very difficult economic times.