Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Mr. Parent and Mr. Cue, thank you both very much for coming today. I really like the concept of the “one veteran” policy. I think everyone we speak to believes that a veteran is a veteran is a veteran and a spouse is a spouse is a spouse, etc.
But having said that, would you then be arguing for the hospitalization benefits that World War II and Korean overseas veterans get now under certain criteria, like Camp Hill, Ste. Anne's, etc.? Would you be arguing, then, that our modern day veterans, those who have served post-'53, should have access—someone like yourself, with over 37 years of service? If you had a disability of some kind and you required short- or long-term facility care, should that fall under the guise of benefits provided by the federal government?