Yes. Listen, I was extremely honoured to be asked to be the honorary colonel of the Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment. I was the first female in 100 years to hold that position. I entered it and stayed with it for four entire years, giving it my all because, number one, that's what I do, and number two, that's what the regiment deserved and that's what the soldiers deserved.
My huge disappointment came when any of my requests as the honorary colonel were second-guessed, were given a back seat. To that extent, for the unveiling of this peacekeeping monument—and this is one small example—Major-General Lewis MacKenzie, retired of course, our number one peacekeeper in Canada, had agreed to come to the event. I had city members, members of Parliament and peacekeepers from across Canada coming to this unveiling event, along with the Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment, who told me they would have six honorary guards to take the salute for Major-General Lewis MacKenzie.
Two days before the unveiling of that monument, I received an email from the captain of the regiment—not even from the commanding officer of that regiment—to tell me there would be no soldiers present to take the salute from Major-General Lewis MacKenzie, period, the end. It was holiday time, and there would not be anyone. It was two days before that event.
I will sit here and tell you that there is no way those comments and that reason ever would have been presented to the male honorary lieutenant-colonel who was filling my boots prior to when I took the position. It would not have been that way, but because it was me, we were going to take it and suck it up, and there would be nothing done in reference to it.