Mr. Speaker, I apologize because I am going to have to go to the dark side again.
I appreciate the speech from my hon. colleague and although there may be some good things in the bill, I have to ask him a question.
The member mentioned the work being done for veterans. This afternoon, and yesterday, a number of veterans, some very senior individuals, were here to protest the treatment of veterans by the government because of cuts and other losses of services to these individuals who, quite frankly, made it possible for all of us to be here.
Would the hon. member say that it is right to be balancing the books on the backs of our veterans?