No, no, no. I'll talk a little bit about the National War Memorial itself.
Pre-2014, the National War Memorial was strictly reserved for wartime service veterans. We all know who they were at this point. In 2014, the Government of Canada added “In Service to Canada”, added the Boer War, and added Afghanistan. Remember, the title of the National War Memorial is National War Memorial.
The UN peacekeeping monument that most of us probably know on Sussex Drive was built and dedicated in 1992, because the UN peacekeeping veterans of Canada were told, “No, you cannot go onto the National War Memorial. You are not wartime service veterans, so you have to go off and build your own.” They did that in 1992.
To go back to 2014, the Government of Canada added “In Service to Canada”. It's in very tiny letters, and directly placed under the dates of the First World War.
When I stand there and look at it, I see “1914-1918 In Service to Canada”. That's cool. I'm okay with that. However, my discussions with Veterans Affairs were, “No, Mike, you're wrong. You don't need to be separately inscribed in the National War Memorial, because you're not a wartime service veteran.” Got it, but if I get reclassified, I want to be there with my own dates. No. “You also don't need to be there because you're captured by 'In Service to Canada'.”
I say, “I didn't know that.” The letters are one-third the size of the date letters, and they're placed directly underneath. They're not pulled out or blown up like all the other dates so that there's transparency and awareness—and as well, “In Service to Canada” is to capture the non-wartime deaths.
Excuse me? With the National War Memorial, now you're telling me you're changing your rules here, and you are saying, “Oh, we're going to memorialize non-wartime service.” Did you tell the country that?
I think a discussion needs to be held with Veterans Affairs about this issue. We certainly have had the discussion. Veterans Affairs knows I have an issue, and they're working on it.