Veterans Affairs committee  Yes.

Veterans Affairs committee  I am very good friends with one of the ladies there. She is an advocate for our first nation veterans, but we have yet to make any progress because the reopening of the office was so recent..

Veterans Affairs committee  That was from my reserve, my home territory, my own community.

Veterans Affairs committee  In the last two years there were programs available to erect monuments, and nothing's happened.

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes, we can do that. We have people in our office who are more than capable of handling that kind of paperwork.

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes, I was.

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you very much.

Veterans Affairs committee  There are possibly two.

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes. First of all, when we were in active service with the military, both with our first nations and non-first nations military, we were treated as equals. We called each other “brother” or “sister”, whatever the case might have been, and we acknowledged each other. Then it seeme

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes, but you need to be a lawyer or a professor to understand what some of the paperwork is requesting. Application forms are very—

Veterans Affairs committee  We've had this exercise about two years ago here in Saskatchewan. There was a former sanatorium that was out of use and we were looking at the possibility of purchasing that building. When the owners found out they were going to deal with first nations, the price of the building

Veterans Affairs committee  I have one other comment. You mentioned veterans from other countries. I do extensive research on veterans and the services for the famed Gurkhas of India, who are one of the most famous military units, are worse than ours, and that's the truth.

Veterans Affairs committee  What I would like to see is an official response that you people received it, because, like I said before, we sent it to eight different ministers and there was no response at all. The eight are still outstanding, which needs to be addressed today, not tomorrow.

Veterans Affairs committee  Not very long ago—quite recently.

Veterans Affairs committee  I also have one comment I would like to make regarding the legions. This is supposed to be an organization for the betterment of services for veterans and their families. We have experienced personally that there is a difference in the service provided. In some cases, there is