Mr. Speaker, 26 Royal Canadian Air Force officers were condemned to the Buchenwald concentration camp by the Nazi Gestapo in 1944. One of these was a constituent of mine, Mr. William R. Gibson.
Five months ago, I wrote to the Minister of Foreign Affairs demanding that the Canadian government seek reparations from Germany. Five months later it appears no action is being taken. These veterans are not getting any younger. Each day this Liberal government does not take action is a day it further disgraces itself to these veterans and all Canadians.
The German government has already made similar reparations to Britain. The United States is also actively dealing with this matter. I understand in all that veterans from 19 other countries who suffered the same fate have received some action from their governments. Australia and New Zealand have provided their own compensation for veterans in similar positions.
These veterans deserve justice today. Over half a century is an obscene amount of time to wait. Justice delayed is justice denied.