Veterans Affairs committee  After the extension, when would it be voted on?

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you, Madam. Having appeared before this committee a number of times, it's great for an outsider, a non-political animal, to listen to the various political parties. When it comes to veterans, you're all playing from the same sheet of music.

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you.

Veterans Affairs committee  It was a very big plane, I might add.

Veterans Affairs committee  If I may, you make a very valid point, sir. On the Battle of the Atlantic Sunday, does the flag come down? On other days that are recognized in battles, the cessation of operations in Korea in June 1953, and so forth, does the flag come down? I doubt it, but I don't know for sure

Veterans Affairs committee  If I may, Madame, I'm not a political person, but I know that when you were the minister, the idea of having a peacekeepers' day was on your agenda, on your radar screen. We almost made it work one year.

Veterans Affairs committee  Sorry, that's out of my responsibility; it's way out of my league.

Veterans Affairs committee  Suffice it to say it has gone forward, and I thank you for your initiative, and of course the committee, and Mr. St. Denis for sponsoring the bill.

Veterans Affairs committee  If I may, I'll start with the question you put, and Mrs. Hinton, in regard to the term “peacekeepers”. I agree with the term “peacekeepers”. To be quite frank, there's been a lot of internal discussion, if not arguments, about whether it should be peacekeepers' memorial day, pea

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes, they were, sir, and that was a little unusual at the time, because there are Canadian peacekeepers and those in the Second World War who are buried in the Commonwealth cemeteries in Kantara in the Sinai, and in the Gaza, and the cemetery in Beirut and Damascus, for that matt

Veterans Affairs committee  In regard to the first question, I'll yield to my colleague, if I may. It's one of his members, a francophone from Montreal, who brought up this observation. So I'll leave that to him. Personally, I agree with you. Blue helmets have been synonymous with peacekeeping. Having sa

Veterans Affairs committee  The current RCMP in Afghanistan and those who worked with us in the Balkans and so forth are brothers in arms. And it would have been nice to have the municipal police; there are quite a few of them who have participated. But your point is taken. Maybe it should be couched....

Veterans Affairs committee  There's a caveat to that, because of scheduling and so forth. Calgary and a couple of other organizations go to the Sunday closest to August 9, because if it's a Tuesday in an urban area, it's awkward. Because of availability of ministers, and this year the Prime Minister, and so

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. My name is Don Ethell. I'm appearing here for the Gulf War Veterans Association of Canada as their honourary chairman, but I'm also a member of the CAVUNP as well as their past national president and current liaison officer. I've lived with this issue f