Mr. Speaker, the recent incident of a Liberal member of parliament dishonouring a veteran because of the way the veteran voted should be an isolated incident, but it is not.
Previously the veterans affairs minister refused to help to send some of our war veterans back to commemorate Christmas in Ortona. A local newspaper had to raise the money.
The government's fiasco in attempting to apportion part of the Canadian War Museum to the holocaust memorial was prompted by the minister of heritage. She did not even consult Canadian veterans. Powerful public opinion changed that.
The same minister did not bother asking the war museum's advisory committee or veteran organizations before announcing the change in the location of the new war museum.
There are two questions: When will this abuse of our veterans come to an end and when will the insult to our veterans cease?