Thank you, Chair.
I thank all five of you for your presentations today and the role you play in helping recognize our men and women who serve. It's so important.
I'll focus my question on two groups, Caroline and David, because I want to talk about modern-day veterans, if we're recognizing them and to what extent, and how we can do better.
Of course, March 31 was the seventh anniversary of the end of the Afghanistan war, and there are modern-day veterans who feel that their dates are not on the cenotaphs, from 2001 to 2014, and the role that Canada played in peace and the service of peace. Some of them are quite frustrated.
A constituent of mine, retired Chief Warrant Officer Robert Thompson, has been the champion of this issue for a number of years now. By his count, about 7,500 cenotaphs across the country are failing to recognize the Afghan vets.
Are we recognizing them in some way, shape or form now in your institutions? If so, how are we doing it and how can we do it better as we move forward?
Let's start with Caroline.