The cultural component is very important. We're all treaty people, each and every one of us. You signed it. I signed it. My father signed it. My grandfather signed it. My stepfather served with the Royal Canadian Air Force. My biological father served with the merchant mariners. He wasn't even recognized as a veteran for the longest time. In fact, when he finally was recognized as a veteran, he got his check 10 days after he died. I don't know if he cashed it or not, but I took it to where he was. When we come home from service, we are left with a blank slate. There's absolutely no place to go.
It took us years to get the Canadian veterans administration to sit at our table and write this MOU. It's a learning curve for them and for us. It has to get things done, but the need for these things to be done is immediate. We're running into situations like he brought up with what this poor person in Quebec is doing right now. That goes on in all the reserves I know of with veterans. We put these veterans under the wheels for no reason whatsoever, complete ignorance. That's unfair. It's not right. I don't care what colour the veteran might be. If they're going to be ignored, why do we have a veterans administration? The bureaucracy in that administration is so slow. We can improve it. You and I can improve it.