Canadian Heritage committee  I'll make a comment from my perspective. I'm not saying I'm right. I think that when we started to bring our veterans home, as you could see by the media and all the people paying their respects on the Highway of Heroes, that raised everything. Before, most of our veterans were

Canadian Heritage committee  I sit on a committee called Veterans Organizations Services Committee of Nova Scotia. It's only one province, I agree, but 13 different veterans organizations are represented on this committee, and we have talked for years and years. No, I did not ask them specifically if they wo

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, I will. Thank you very much. My feeling is this. As I mentioned before, the legion's Dominion Convention is only held every second year, because it's on the even years. There are many things that come to the floor year after year, but they're not put to the membership in a

Canadian Heritage committee  I voted for it, but let me just digress a little. I've been to the Legion conventions for the last 10 years, yet when that came to the floor, it was never brought forward like this bill is—that it would be a federal one, and it would be up to the provinces to enact it as they se

Canadian Heritage committee  I will answer first, if you allow me—

Canadian Heritage committee  First, I think it would show our veterans that the government really does care. I understand that you people do, but to do this on our 150th birthday, for the veterans.... I think you would get 100% support from them.

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, I heard it.

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, there was no problem.

Canadian Heritage committee  First off, I would like to thank you people for the opportunity for me to say a few words on Bill C-311. I spent 42 years working for the Department of National Defence, 30 years in a military uniform and 12 years working as a civilian with the naval people. I also would like t