Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for her question and all of her hard work in Parliament. She is truly the very best member of Parliament that the riding of Miramichi has ever seen. It is a riding that is home to one of the best Irish festivals in North America every July.
Our government, like all Canadians, has the utmost respect for the men and women who put their lives on the line for our freedom. For their service to Canada, we must ensure that when they pass on, they receive the dignified funeral and burial they so rightly deserve. To that end, economic action plan 2013 will improve the existing funeral and burial program by simplifying it for veterans' families and by more than doubling the current reimbursement rate from $3,600 to over $7,300.