Thank you, Chair.
Thank you, Dr. Petrou, for being here today, for being our sole witness and for answering all of our questions.
What your testimony caused me to contemplate and think about is this: First of all, it's very hard to speak on behalf of other people. You witnessed the stories, but you haven't lived the experience. I thank you for trying to reference the voices you've heard, and I accept how hard it can be to make those voices clear when it's not your lived experience.
You talked about using service to belong and how, even though they experienced racism in the military, often, when they left the military, there were experiences while reintegrating back into Canada—re-experiencing a level of discrimination they weren't necessarily used to in the military.
You also talked about how they—not all, but a lot of them—want to be noticed for their service but not noticed because they're an indigenous or a Black person providing that service.