It's quite simple. First of all, as a driver, I had to maintain armour plating on our vehicles in Bosnia. Second, I was physically in the place where A-10 air raids were conducted. American aircraft fired on armoured vehicles in Bosnia. I was there. I went there. I even have a picture of me on those tanks. We didn't know they were bombarded with depleted uranium. I was physically there.
Then, in East Timor, the tangible incident was my contracting a tropical disease called dengue. I was brought back to Canada. The army told me to drink water because, according to them, I didn't have any illness. I was told that if I complained too much, I would be thrown out of the Canadian Forces. In their eyes, either I walked or I died. That's basically what they told me.
At the same time, some of my friends were doctors, and they told me it wasn't normal to lose 35 pounds of muscle mass in 9 days. I went from having the body of an athlete to that of a person with a disability. From then on, I underwent tests in the civilian system on a confidential basis.
In East Timor, the ground is so contaminated birds won't even land on it. Finally, after that, we realized I had uranium poisoning. But there is nothing to prove that there was uranium in East Timor. The doctors told me I'd had uranium poisoning for years. Since I was in excellent shape, I was able to handle it. The health problems I experienced as a result of the tropical illness totally pummelled my immune system, however. One problem aggravated the other. And I haven't recovered since. The poison is constantly weakening my health.