Veterans Affairs committee  Mr. Chair, perhaps I could answer that question. I hope I'm not being timed.

Veterans Affairs committee  I have taken notes. I think this is a very important point. In my personal opinion, I think it is quite correct that civilians should be included as bona fide members, full members and not only associates, if they have done that kind of an operation. Other civilians who have not

Veterans Affairs committee  I'm not really qualified to say because I don't know enough about the background, but I do have some interesting statistics here. Currently, I think there are 298,000 who are war service survivors, and I assume those are widows and widowers; 22,500 receive services for housekeepi

Veterans Affairs committee  Could I just say something here? I will return to my original statement: I am not qualified to answer that question.

Veterans Affairs committee  I think the possibility of the Legion becoming an umbrella organization is a continuation of the discussion that went on with Mr. Allard. In fact, a stated mission objective for the Legion right now is to become that organization. I'm also a Legion member, so I have no problem.

Veterans Affairs committee  That is our vision, stated almost that way, and that vision includes veterans from every walk of life. As I have stated before, that's our membership definition. However, like the other organizations, we as an association recognize the need for some type of communal organization,

Veterans Affairs committee  That's a very tough question. I would have to examine that at some length. As a knee-jerk reaction, I would say there is a requirement to refine the evaluation and assessment tool. I think there is one under examination by GAC--it's a French term, SMAF--which would allow a seam

Veterans Affairs committee  That statement is based on logic, not on actual knowledge.

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes, I certainly remember that from the transcript of Mr. Allard's statement, the possibility of the official Canadian Forces psychiatric centre or whatever coming under a different name, and it will be called the same thing; I think it was operational stress injury social suppor

Veterans Affairs committee  I think that describes VIP in a sense.

Veterans Affairs committee  I served in Germany with NATO and I served in the Middle East. UNEF (2) was my specific mission, but I've been to every one of the other ones that existed in the 1970s, and also to Cyprus, but not long enough to have earned the medal.

Veterans Affairs committee  I came through in 1969.

Veterans Affairs committee  There are basically the two organizations that are specifically intended for peacekeepers but not limited to that. That's ourselves, the Canadian Peacekeeping Veterans Association--as I've already said, our membership definition includes anybody who is under the government defini

Veterans Affairs committee  I have a signed copy of it on my coffee table, but I have not finished it. I've known General Dallaire, as I mentioned earlier on here.... We were captains together, and he did end up being much more successful in his career than I did. Sorry about that.

Veterans Affairs committee  It is the subject of casual conversation at times but nothing intensive that leads to anything. I don't understand exactly where you're going with this line of questioning. I think everybody recognizes there are different kinds of operations, depending on the situation and what