Mr. Speaker, I am so pleased. I was worried that the member would not ask me that question. Here is the truth that needs to be shared in the House, which veterans know. When we took government and had to deal with the extreme load of debt of the previous government, we went to every department and said that we needed them to help out and to please inform us of where cuts could be made. I think it was 5% with Veterans Affairs. We would then respond to that. The decision to cut those nine offices came from the bureaucracy of Veterans Affairs.
I can tell the member that in my city of Regina, I went to the office when they reopened it. The bulletproof glass was there. The lights were all off. I knocked on the glass, trying to get someone's attention. Finally, someone came. I said that I was the new member for Yorkton—Melville and that I would love to come and just thank them for what they are doing.
Do we know what? My veterans asked why they did not leave it where they put it, in the mall. We could—