Perfect. Thank you, Mr. Bona, for being here today and for your continued service to veterans and the aboriginal community.
I am from Edmonton, as well, and I want to hear your testimony and have the opportunity to ask you a few questions. I understand intimately all the references you are making to Boyle Street and Kipnes.
I was reading a report from the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network that says Veterans Affairs estimates there are 7,000 first nations vets who served in the First and Second World wars, and the Korean War. Other estimates we've seen are that around 12,000 indigenous men and women served. I wonder if you have any comments on the numbers.