Veterans Affairs committee  I'll be quick. We have a fair bit of experience with it. A lot of regimental units especially over in England and Europe put together memorials. It's easy to fund for the memorial; it's difficult to fund for the life-cycle maintenance of the memorial. Part of that, I think, is

Veterans Affairs committee  Those are both really good questions. We're in year three of addressing the entire backlog across Canada for the Veterans Affairs grave markers. We're making great progress, particularly in Ontario. We're getting them done and bringing them up to a standard that I think anyone w

Veterans Affairs committee  I'll be really quick. For the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, as I stated in my opening statement, our mandate is very clear. It's the First World War and the Second World War, and even within those two periods it's very specific. Even if veterans who came back from the Firs

Veterans Affairs committee  From a pure physical ability, it would be easy. From a political perspective, it may be not so easy.

Veterans Affairs committee  My understanding is that the funding in Europe is sufficient to meet the requirements for the memorials in the short term. I have heard nobody say that there was not sufficient funding in Europe. I'm talking specifically about the VAC memorials that we care for under the commissi

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you very much. I think I'm going to take an angle from the perspective that we have a clear responsibility to maintain 1.7 million memorials or commemorations around the world. Many of those commemorations are over 100 years old now. This involves maintaining not only the

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Good afternoon. My name is David Loveridge. I'm the director for the Canada and Americas area of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. I'd like to thank you for the opportunity to speak to you today about the work of the commission here in Canada and arou