My name is Colin Fraser. I'm the member of Parliament for West Nova, which encompasses the southwestern part of Nova Scotia and contains 14 Wing Greenwood.
Prior to going to law school and becoming a lawyer and then getting into politics, I worked at Vimy Ridge in France as a tour guide. Since that time it really has become a passion of mine to learn about the important contribution that the Canadian Forces have made in our history, and it's our obligation to make sure that those who serve our country so valiantly, the men and women, get taken care of properly.
That's why I'm so pleased that the first thing we're doing as a committee—and I am honoured to be on this important committee—is to undertake a study of service delivery to see how we can improve the way that our men and women in uniform, who become veterans afterwards, are treated by our government and to make sure that we're doing the absolute best job we possibly can.
I'm pleased that everyone could be here this evening. We certainly welcome all of your thoughts and opinions and look forward to hearing constructive criticism so that we can put forward recommendations to the government and try to move forward in a way that responds to the needs of our vets.
Thank you very much for being here. I certainly welcome all of your comments.