One, we have to recognize the fact that the Mi'kmaq people were one of the first peoples in North America to have to deal with colonial peoples. Our treaties were all Peace and Friendship Treaties at the very beginning. We still live by these treaties. These documents didn't die in 1762, 1763 or whenever. They are alive and well right now. We have a big war going on with fishermen on the south shore of Nova Scotia. It's over rights to allow us to fish, which is ironic, because we taught them how to fish. Ouch.
When a person signs up with the Canadian Armed Forces, or even the armed forces in America, we do that because of a treaty obligation. We stand by that treaty obligation, because it is alive and well. What we're asking for, as veterans, is to make sure that living arrangement carries through to when we're finished with our agreement. It hasn't yet. A lot of us are out there in the cold—not just natives but all veterans.