Mr. Speaker, in April the minister at the committee meeting stated that he would be bringing in a new bill to make them equal, probably by the end of June. It is almost October and we have not seen it.
This minister and this government have squandered enough taxpayer money to compensate the surviving merchant navy veterans several times over. The cancellation of the Pearson airport deal cost taxpayers over a billion dollars, enough to compensate 53,500 vets. There are only 2,300 of them.
When will this minister have the courage to compensate these vets if they have—