Thank you so much.
I understand that. However, I would say, Minister, that conflicts across the world are changing very quickly and rapidly and have been for many years. Therefore, especially looking at the framework of how the world is working, and our relationship with NATO, declaring a war is going to happen a lot less.
We need to figure that out. That's probably the crux of the issue here. When we ask people to serve, when we ask them to go and experience a war zone and thus to see what Canadians at home will not have to see and experience in the same way, we need to recognize that when they come home and to make sure that they get their supports.
Commemoration is really important. If you ask average school-age children right now, they would know World War I, World War II, and maybe the Korean War, but I don't think they would know the other ones in the same way. That means, as a country, we have not done our due diligence to make sure people understand that in our country there are people walking around doing that.
I don't have a lot of time. You said you cannot go back retroactively. In your role with this issue, and in the reality of all modern veterans, what can you do?
