We should go back to the monthly medical pension. For example, I did a video interview with retired Major Mark Campbell, who literally died on an operating table three different times in Afghanistan. He lost both legs. He got $250,000. They brought him home and said, “Here you go. Here's all the money”. He had to buy a medically fitted van before he even got out of the hospital.
His home wasn't properly equipped, so he had to build a new home. He almost went bankrupt. He talked about this during the interview. Then his wife got kicked out of the military because she had PTSD, not because of the military but because of what she had gone through with her husband. At the same time, he's not getting any more money.
How can we do this to people who put the uniform on and are willing to stand up in defence of this nation? Whether we stay here or go overseas doesn't matter. We took an oath to protect our nation. We took an oath to protect our people. We took an oath to protect our flag.
All we're saying to the government in return is to, please, just treat us like ordinary human beings.