Mr. Chair, the whole idea of long-term care and how long the commitment should be to look after our veterans perplexes me. I know the argument has been made that constitutionally it's a provincial responsibility, but we saw in Ontario that the facilities for psychiatric treatment of families in and around the Petawawa area weren't adequate. André Marin launched and the basic answer was that the feds picked the fight, they can pay for the fight. He had to reverse that kind of attitude.
Also, I think the business model--if they have a business model--that sees the department divorcing itself of St. Anne's and like facilities is fundamentally flawed, because I have not seen a really accurate assessment about what the potential impact of PTSD is, recognizing that we'll use the argument that provincial health care didn't exist after Korea. Well, we didn't know about the psychological problems that military people endure, so what will be the impact?
The Americans have already done a study and have determined that people with PTSD have a higher propensity of early-onset dementia. So I think before we step away from the traditional care for life for our veterans, we have to really take a look at what the veteran is and give a realistic prognosis of what the veterans will be facing in 20 or 30 years.