Veterans Affairs committee  That's correct.

Veterans Affairs committee  Mr. Chair, committee members, ladies and gentlemen, my name is Ray Kokkonen. I'm the national president of the Canadian Peacekeeping Veterans Association, or CPVA. I sit as a member of the Veterans Affairs Canada stakeholders committee. With me today is Brigadier-General Larry G

Veterans Affairs committee  Then I would like to proceed with Larry Gollner giving some comments on paragraphs two and three.

Veterans Affairs committee  Actually, Mr. Chair, I get to do a wrap-up.

Veterans Affairs committee  I'd like to then carry on with other issues that are not necessarily part of the transformation but that impact on the shape of the transformation. The first of those, which has been a long-time irritant for all modern-day veterans, is long-term health care for modern-day veteran

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes, sir.

Veterans Affairs committee  We haven't had any information back. Incidentally, the 18 recommendations, the most recent made by this committee, were not part of the motions that were passed in the stakeholders committee. In fact, Mr. Chair, perhaps I could summarize the motions that were passed by the st

Veterans Affairs committee  Nothing yet.

Veterans Affairs committee  No, we don't really have the capability for that kind of research. I know that the NATO Veterans Organization has produced some numbers in those terms, but I'm not even sure what they've done. But no, we have not.

Veterans Affairs committee  I think I can start here with the simple statement that the people of Canada have an obligation to the veterans of Canada. I don't need to go any deeper. Now, how the people of Canada decide to pay that obligation or to fulfill that obligation, that's what our government looks af

Veterans Affairs committee  Well, not exactly. The obligation is on the people of Canada, and the thing that drives Canada is our government. It's the government's obligation, then, to fulfill that obligation of the Canadian people towards its veterans.

Veterans Affairs committee  The recommendations about which we are speaking here are the most recent ones that this committee made. The report came out in May of this year. Those are the ones I'm referring to. We have not prioritized those in any way.

Veterans Affairs committee  I'm speaking more to the previous recommendations that were made.

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes.

Veterans Affairs committee  I threw in the other 18, because after reading them, we decided they were pretty good recommendations.