Mr. Speaker, it is my privilege to rise in the House today in honour of Canada's veterans. This is Veterans Week and as Canadian soldiers are once again shipping off to war it behooves us to honour and remember the proud tradition that they and our veterans represent. We do this because we cannot afford to ignore the very real and constant threats to our security.
This week should also serve as reminder to the government that failure to maintain our strong and proud military tradition is to fail not only our veterans but all Canadians.
I humbly suggest that the best way to honour our veterans is to ensure they are well taken care of as they took care of us and to respect their noble traditions by making the troops of today a priority.