Thank you.
As someone who has served with some fine reserve units yourself, Mr. Opitz, you know the critical importance from coast to coast. Naval, air, and army reserves have always been...we had a militia before we had a standing military. The respect for reserves, which was the day we described.... Minister Kenney and I both did events talking about the reserves, talking about fixing that gap, the earnings loss benefit for class A and class B, and injury and death benefits. We tried to talk on a larger scale to educate Canadians on just how critical they are for our domestic and international operations. We were fixing a narrow gap by calling the day “respect for reserves“. I met the father of a reservist in Vancouver a few days later, and he said, “Thank you for talking about respect for our reserves“. It was very well received and it's because I know the tremendous impact they make in our country.