I have one question for you, and it's around a comment that came to us from the analyst. You did petitions, and he indicates that the main argument against the petition regarding the Persian Gulf, in making the requests that you are, is that if the designation “wartime service veterans” is extended to the Persian Gulf veterans, it should also be extended to all post-Korean war veterans who were deployed, under UN resolution or otherwise, in a theatre of war without Canada's being at war per se, including the 40,000 veterans of the Afghan mission.
In the response—because they always have to give a response to a petition—the Minister of National Defence stated, “Applying these categories is not meant to signal greater or lesser respect for the service of members and Veterans, nor are such categories indicative of a lesser degree of risk on the part of those deployed.”
When I hear that, they're not telling us why they're doing it. They're just simply saying, “No, no, this isn't in any way showing any disrespect.” I don't even know where to go with that. What was it like when you read these responses? That has to be something that gives you the energy to continue on.