Thank you so much for that.
I was just going to respond a bit to Mr. Richards' comment with respect to the differences, perhaps, of the services that we have provided to veterans over the past eight years.
We have to take a road down history. If we remember, the previous Conservative government actually slashed 1,000 jobs from Veterans Affairs Canada. We can't forget that. Those were direct jobs that provided direct services to our veterans. That's a fact.
We also can't forget that the previous government closed nine Veterans Affairs offices across this country, offices that, again, provided crucial services to our veterans—I believe even in Surrey. We reopened that office. It is quite rich that the party opposite is trying to say that we are not providing additional services to veterans. We can always do better, and I think that, as parliamentarians, we do always want to do better when it comes to our veterans. However, we have no lessons to take from the Conservative Party of Canada.
The other thing, as well, that I am going to add is that, since we formed government, we have added an additional $11 billion in direct supports to veterans in the past eight years. That's a significant amount of money. Again, our veterans deserve all the services that we've put in place. We've listened to them, and we want to make sure that they have access to those services. We will continue to be there to support our veterans.
However, again, if we look at the differences that both governments have made, then I think we see that this government has made significant investments in our veterans, and again, they deserve every investment that we've made.