Mr. Speaker, it is interesting to note that there are three offices of the Department of Veterans Affairs located in Toronto. One of them, the Toronto north office, is actually located in the defence minister's own riding of Don Valley East. The job of that office is to explain veterans affairs
to veterans. Apparently the minister did not trust his own departmental employees to do their job and instead hired a political hack.
When he has such direct access to his own departmental professionals, why did the minister have to hire a music conductor to explain veterans affairs to veterans?