I'm actually grateful in that we acknowledge it now.
When I joined the military initially in 1987, it was before you had mixed genders in the combat arms, and it was a very different military. I'm not saying one's better than the other. The Canadian Forces today certainly has a lot better equipment than we had, but at least there's an awareness and more of an acceptance.
Really quick, something that really touched me was a video clip I saw on Rick Mercer's show, and the CDS was on there. Honestly, that's huge. A year ago I was very despondent about the fact that I was always one of the guys. I held up a lot of people around me. That's my reputation. I've been that way for decades now, 24 years. I hold up a lot of people. When I saw lots of people dropping, and I felt like I had no one else to help me hold them up, it just crushed me. At least what I see now, when I see MPs stand up in the House and defend my brothers, and when I see this government has taken actually really solid steps, where the hiring initiative for the federal government is going to give families hope, you guys are making a difference.
If you'd asked me a year ago, I would have said you don't get it. I think you get it now. I think it just has to work its way through and we have to improve upon it, but you get it now. So it's happening.