Mr. Speaker, it seems the budget cuts at the Department of Veterans Affairs are going to be deeper than the minister had given us to believe.
The veterans’ hospital at Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, the last one managed by the federal government, is to be transferred to the Government of Quebec. That will be 1,300 fewer employees in the department, in addition to the 500 positions being eliminated as announced last week.
How can we hope that our veterans will receive the same quality of service if the department no longer has any employees to deliver it?
Is this how the Conservatives thank the veterans who have served Canada? Is this how they listen to them?