Thank you again, Mr. Chair.
This is just so good. Thank you so much.
I just want to mention, with regard to the Battle of the Atlantic commemoration, that as a brand new member of Parliament back in the first spring that I attended that, it blew me away. The action out on the lawn was late happening. It was raining. It was cold. It took me hours to get over that. Those veterans refused umbrellas—refused. I just looked at them, and I kept saying, “If they can do this, I can do this.” The pictures of them out on the Atlantic covered in ice and what they went through. I don't know how we can explain that further to young Canadians. I regret that we haven't had the opportunity to do that again as members of Parliament.
With regard to what Sammy has said as well, we, as members of Parliament, need to understand what our armed forces go through. I know, to a certain point.... I believe Sammy told me once, “No, you do not want to know; you shouldn't know.” Of course, there are things that are beyond what we can handle, but to just have that level of appreciation....
Sammy, again, you talked about the issues around the Gulf War and then with Afghanistan. Canadians think that they're all wars. If you don't know any different, of course it's a war. When you find out that it isn't a war, you ask why we make these differences. Rwanda.... What I've learned about that circumstance, it is a peacekeeping dynamic.
Our soldiers face horrific things no matter what circumstances they end up in. Why are you so passionate about that recognition of the difference in terms?