Mr. Speaker, I should remind the member that I was the parliamentary secretary to the Minister of National Defence. I went across this country and met with our ill and injured. I actually opened the centre of excellence at the Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre that helps support our troops and our veterans in actually moving ahead in dealing with PTSD and operational stress injuries.
Where was that member? He said he met with veterans three years ago? Why has he not met with them in the last three years? If he met with veterans groups today, as I do, he would know that they are disgusted by the government and the way it is using veterans as props rather than actually delivering services.
All we have to do is look at the metrics I have put out there. There is $372 million in lapsed funding through Veterans Affairs. Wait times for veterans have gone from 16 weeks, which is the mark, to seven months under the Liberal government. That is shameful.