It's because it needs to be done.
We don't carry memory just in us. We carry it in our children. I learned everything I learned about my military family history from my parents and from my grandparents. My children know about military history because I was part of it. I was in Germany when the wall came down. I was in Cyprus when the UN got the Nobel Peace Prize. I was at Oka. I'm part of Canadian history. My family is part of Canadian history. My family carries the post-nominal title, United Empire, given to us by Queen Victoria for the service of Sergeant Perry during the American Revolution. It's all part of us and every Canadian has that connection to that history.
It's to be able to give Canadians access to all that archival information, help get this stuff declassified and then connect soldiers and families so that they can tell the story. I found medals at a pawn shop and had them mounted and put into a frame, so that I could give them to a family who has lost the medals. It connected their family to the history of a family member who served.