Veterans Affairs committee  I am talking about the ones who are injured. The media covers all those who die or get killed. But injured veterans are kept in hiding everywhere. In Valcartier, they are kept outside the fence, for example. I have the following question. Let's say someone in a wheelchair who h

Veterans Affairs committee  Some of them are affected mentally when they come back.

Veterans Affairs committee  No. It's all right.

Veterans Affairs committee  Madam, you are talking about rehabilitation. They have been in Afghanistan for about eight years now, right? How many of them would be able to work in the public service? How many are working there now? I don't think any of them work there, because they are not welcome. That’s no

Veterans Affairs committee  In other words, there are so many conditions that nobody understands them, even in the army. They're trying to figure them out. They say it's impossible. They say “We are not administrators. We've been trained to kill. That's it.”

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes.

Veterans Affairs committee  I don't think so.

Veterans Affairs committee  He's the specialist on this. As far as I'm concerned, it's only a regular pension that would clear everything. An amount of $1,600, then the $40,000, they don't get that. That's not a pension.

Veterans Affairs committee  No. We had a lecture from the minister a couple of weeks ago. He gave all those figures there. I couldn't make out exactly how much a soldier who is hurt gets. It's impossible, because it depends on his age, salary, grade, and the number of years he's been in the army. The soldi

Veterans Affairs committee  From 1939 to 1945 you got a pension until the day you died. They didn't have to worry at 65 or 70 what was going to happen to them. They worry about it night and day. Every Wednesday some of them come to have breakfast with us at the shopping mall. It's always the same thing. W

Veterans Affairs committee  I had a chance to eat breakfast with some veterans in Quebec City, many of whom had served in Afghanistan. Even members who were leaving were there, they came to talk with us. To illustrate my point, I will divide the two wars into two categories. I consider the Second World War

Veterans Affairs committee  I'll be in Holland at the end of the month.

Veterans Affairs committee  That's the last time they'll have a military ceremony. I'm going by myself, though. I've gone the last five times.

Veterans Affairs committee  I would like to say a word about security. When you receive a 50% pension, it amounts to $25,000 a year. If you have 45%, at the time of your demise, your spouse only receives half of that. If you have 50%, when you die, your spouse will continue receiving the same amount and if

Veterans Affairs committee  My name is Claude Sylvestre. I am a veteran of the war of 1939-1945. I was wounded in Italy while I was fighting with the Royal 22nd Regiment. I will only give you an overview, but I will include some details. The rest you have in your copies. I am sorry, but at 20 cents a word,