Mr. Speaker, that was not exactly my point but I am going to move on.
The Minister of Veterans Affairs knows that thousands of first nations men and women voluntarily enlisted to serve their country in the second world war and in the Korean conflict. After these wars first nations veterans found that the benefits provided to the average Canadian soldier were not available to them.
First nations veterans have been waiting for more than 50 years for justice on this issue and aboriginal veterans are passing away. Again I ask the Minister of Veterans Affairs, will he act immediately to remedy this historic injustice? Will he act now to give first nations veterans the equal recognition and compensation--