Mr. Speaker, the hon. member knows that is not true. He also knows that the current legislation which governs merchant seamen was passed in 1992. This legislation extended equal veterans rights to wartime merchant seamen. It provided them with the same rights to all the benefits that were currently available to the armed forces, not a few, not some, but all of the benefits.
In the House of Commons on March 30th, 1998. See this statement in context.