Veterans Affairs committee  Yes. I have to tell you that tomorrow night I'm at the CCB curling for White Cane Week event as a stand-up comic, so wish me luck. So there's plenty of interchange, back and forth.

Veterans Affairs committee  No, no. I think that would be cruel. I'm hoping they drink a lot before I get there. The CNIB is a rehabilitation agency. Rehabilitation by its nature, if you do it right, should not be for the rest of somebody's life; it should be short term. Now, short term could be a year, an

Veterans Affairs committee  Absolutely. CCB was at the table with us with Elections Canada, and it was enormously helpful.

Veterans Affairs committee  We work with Elections Canada. In the 1920s, one of the things Edwin Baker did, as the founder of CNIB, was change the election law to allow a veteran to go into a polling booth and vote with the aid of someone. Obviously a secret ballot is the foundation of democracy. We changed

Veterans Affairs committee  The Canadian Council of the Blind--the folks you're meeting with afterwards--have chapters and recreation areas and that sort of thing. I think they are better equipped to provide that type of gathering and peer support. I think peer support is a bad word for just sitting around

Veterans Affairs committee  I'm not as familiar with the shots, but the shots are a variation on Lucentis. It's a complicated thing. There is another medication. Those shots involve that type of medication that has not been clinically tested to be used with eyes. That's the difference.

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes, Quebec is a great exception. Quebec provides a different model of service delivery in which the provincial government takes a much greater fiscal responsibility in providing vision loss services and vision care. C'est bon, Québec.

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes. You can be proud that Veterans Affairs does provide reimbursement to CNIB, fee for services for CNIB, and for other areas in terms of vision loss services. Quebec and Veterans Affairs are the two models that we hope will eventually be adopted by provincial government health

Veterans Affairs committee  CNIB is no longer involved in White Cane Week. It's another organization called the Canadian Council of the Blind. I believe they are still doing some information provision to the grade schools. I know what you're talking about. Years ago I worked in Halifax, and we used to hav

Veterans Affairs committee  Exactly.

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes, I believe that.

Veterans Affairs committee  Well, we at CNIB have a policy to never make medical pronouncements one way or the other. However, if it ain't broke, why are you fixing it?

Veterans Affairs committee  You're okay with the glasses, yes?

Veterans Affairs committee  Okay.

Veterans Affairs committee  Exactly. You're much more dashing with glasses on, no doubt.