Absolutely, and thank you.
I think that it's important for indigenous families to be involved. Back in the time when the treaties were signed, the indigenous folks signed those treaties to fight for Turtle Island. They didn't have to join the Canadian Forces. They chose to because they looked to hold up their side of the treaties. That's leaving their families, leaving their community, leaving their culture behind. If we come forward to nowadays like Afghanistan, the time in Rwanda, those kinds of things, when the veteran goes through those programs, if they get a program to help them through their PTSD or help them through trauma, the families have to be included because the families go through that with the veteran.
My husband is a veteran and when he came back from overseas the commanding officer sent a letter to say, your husband is coming home, and if he all of a sudden flies underneath a coffee table.... I knew that because I was military, but a lot of spouses wouldn't have known that. Why is he flying under a coffee table if he hears a loud noise? How come he can't sleep in a soft bed? It's those kinds of things. When a veteran is going through those kinds of things, those kinds of care, the families have to be included so that they understand the trauma that the veteran went through.