Yes. Thank you for the question.
That documentary, as you said, was called Indian Braves. I believe it aired nationwide on CBC on Remembrance Day last year, which was very exciting for us at the War Museum. I think these projects are so critical to build awareness in broader mainstream society.
For me, I research this stuff. I live this stuff. I work in it every day. It's sort of like how you, I'm sure, on the veterans affairs committee, live veterans affairs. This is a big part of your agenda. But I think for the average person, it's not something that there's a great awareness of.
I just gave a talk on Friday, actually, to a group in Ottawa. We talked about why we have Indigenous Veterans Day, for example, which is coming up on November 8, next Friday. There's a lack of awareness. A lot of people, I think, question why we have a separate day for indigenous veterans. It's an interesting question, but I think it comes down to having knowledge about the historical foundations. Some of the stuff I spoke about and elaborated on a little bit more in the documentary was about the complete lack of recognition of the contributions of indigenous service people, fundamentally the sacrifices they made, the lack of supports, the lack of recognition for status Indians, and the lack of full citizenship rights until after the Second World War, until 1960.
I think with more awareness.... As they say, if we know better, we can do better. I also think that the more the general public understands about these historical foundations, the more momentum we can build to hopefully improve the lives of current veterans, contemporary veterans.