Veterans Affairs committee  I don't find that the case with Veterans Affairs here in Canada.

Veterans Affairs committee  It's very difficult dealing with a civilian who, as we say in the army, “never walked in our boots”.

Veterans Affairs committee  In my opinion, it would definitely help. I have a hard time connecting sometimes within the different indigenous groups. I feel like sometimes I'm caught between two worlds, really. I'll give you an example. I was invited to the elders group for the World Indigenous Games last ye

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes. He served about 32 years with REME. He was a Korean War veteran also.

Veterans Affairs committee  As I recall, he finished work on a Friday, and Monday morning he was working as a driver at Dundurn military camp. It seemed quite seamless. A year before my father passed away, he was diagnosed with PTSD.

Veterans Affairs committee  No.

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes, I mingled. At the time we got our treaty status back, in the nineties, that's when my grandmother was quite ill up in Churchill. As I recall, or from what my mom said, the hospital was saying, “Well, your grandmother obviously has to be a treaty Indian. Where is her card?” I

Veterans Affairs committee  Well, I didn't see any advantage. I was so immersed in the military culture. I was certainly aware that the ancestry was native, that's for sure. I grew up with bannock and tea. I thought every family grew up with bannock and tea. My mom was like, “If you don't want it, that's

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes, the discussion with the Legion is very interesting. What was pointed out to me, it seems people who live on the street especially, because they have a military background, have their own clique or culture of how they help each other and stuff like that. I had also done some

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes.

Veterans Affairs committee  You mean the culture?

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes. It was all about mission first. That's the nature of the training. The job comes first before yourself. In the Cold War, you always had to be ready and prepared, whether you were serving on a ship or on an air base or in the actual field units. It was always like that. Showi

Veterans Affairs committee  It was the former Yugoslavia or Bosnia. I served in two areas on two different tours. On the first tour I served with the 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, and the second tour was with 1 Service Battalion. For the first tour we were stationed in Zgon, in

Veterans Affairs committee  No, I can't recall. It was the time of the Cold War. I don't know—maybe people were getting complacent. It had been going on for so many years.

Veterans Affairs committee  I'm not sure I understand the question.