In the context of fairness and equality, we see a change in the veterans community in considering themselves as one veteran. I think Afghanistan has helped a lot because it's a more equal service than the Second World War or the Korean conflict. Recently in an outreach visit we had one young CF veteran just back from Afghanistan who opened up about the way he felt, the way he was treated. All of the veterans who were there, including people from World War II, came on board and everybody supported one another. In other outreach visits, people have stood up and said they really like this idea of “one veteran”. So the community of veterans is happy with that.
There will always be a difference between the people who are in a dependency system like our war veterans and the ones who are under the new Veterans Charter, but we need to reconcile that and focus on looking after their injuries and their impact on their families, rather than where they came from before.