Mr. Speaker, I want to praise the member for Courtenay—Alberni. I have been in his riding, right across the length and breadth of Courtenay—Alberni. He stands for his constituents and he stands up for veterans. He is one of the loudest, strongest and most passionate voices for veterans in our country. At a time when we are just coming out of Remembrance Day commemorative ceremonies, it is so important to have his voice as he has been so eloquent for so long with respect to supporting our nation's veterans.
We send people overseas to fight. Often they are wounded for life and then they have disabilities and they seek supports from Veterans Affairs, which they deserve from a grateful country. There is no Canadian who would stand up and say, “no, we are going to deprive veterans of those essential services and supports”, and yet, the member for Carleton and all the Conservatives who were present in that despicable Harper regime slashed those services and forced people with disabilities to travel sometimes hundreds of kilometres to try to get the basic services that they deserved. People put their lives on the line for the country and Conservatives gave them the back of the hand. Every single Conservative MP should hang their head in shame.