I understand, Mr. O'Brien, and all of the witnesses. We had the minister appear before the committee twice, and we had the department officials. The minister, the deputy minister, and the department officials were very clear that there would be no cuts to services to Canadian veterans. That doesn't mean the budget will not cut some services that will not be needed. As you very well know, we are losing quite a large number of veterans every day—especially Second World War veterans. Therefore, this will reflect on the budget as well. But the minister and the department officials were very clear that there would be no cuts to services to our veterans.
On March 15th, 2012. See this statement in context.