Veterans Affairs committee  No, sir, that was a NATO—

Veterans Affairs committee  Clearly, the military has set standards of physical condition and injuries and disabilities. That has been tested over many, many years. If your military occupation demands a certain physical state, then if you don't meet that, you have the choice of either being transferred to a

Veterans Affairs committee  That's correct, sir.

Veterans Affairs committee  I think it's first necessary to understand that all of the peacekeeping veterans are in fact professional military people. And it can be argued that perhaps the only real soldiers were the ones from the war; however, of those people who did go through the war, very few of them re

Veterans Affairs committee  Mr. Chairman, respected committee members, guests, as was mentioned, my name is Ray Kokkonen. I'm the national vice-president of the Canadian Peacekeeping Veterans Association, representing our president, Tom Hoppe, who is unavailable. I have no written statement to place in fro

Veterans Affairs committee  Being fourth in line relegates you to a position where you're either going to think of something very clever or you're going to repeat what other people have said. I think it was mentioned here earlier that it is a day to recognize peacekeepers, not necessarily a memorial day fo

Veterans Affairs committee  I would like to comment on both issues, in very short form. From the sound of the discussion back and forth on the blue helmet term, I think perhaps that could go back for a little bit further study instead of trying to make a decision here. Obviously there are different opinion

Veterans Affairs committee  Mr. Chairman, respected committee members, guests, colleagues. I'm Ray Kokkonen, the national vice-president of the Canadian Peacekeeping Veterans Association, representing Tom Hoppe, our national president, who was unable to be here. I regret not being able to wear my medals on