Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you very much for the question, Ms. Blaney. I'll just answer Mr. Desilets' question first. The Rwandan mission went missing from the Government of Canada and from National Defence for 25 years. It's impossible that we served under General Dallaire and nobody knows anythin

Veterans Affairs committee  Absolutely.

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes, absolutely. I think it's important to have that classification. Just to be clear, since 1941, everything we've done has come with a United Nations Security Council resolution. Those are very specific in telling us what is happening on the ground and what they want us to do.

Veterans Affairs committee  Absolutely, Mr. Samson, and for the record, I'm from the better-looking side of the Sampsons from Nova Scotia. First off, I agree with Dr. Harris's comments. I think what Veterans Affairs Canada is doing is very good, but I want to make a note that there is no mission classifica

Veterans Affairs committee  Because it's absolutely imperative to veterans. Veterans are very intelligent, and we're very keen on specifics. We're forced to learn policy. We're forced to follow standing operating procedures. Everything makes sense in the military, with the exception of the fact that there's

Veterans Affairs committee  And I was practising my French. I am sorry, Mr. Desilets, I would really like to answer in French, but I do not have the vocabulary I need to do so. To begin with, your question regarding male and female, I believe that question is for Mr. Soulière. He was discussing men and wo

Veterans Affairs committee  I would like to say not to recreate the wheel. I would suggest that we look to our partners inside the Commonwealth. Let's talk to Australia, which has a very successful relationship with its veterans. Let's talk to New Zealand. Both of those countries annually hold an event call

Veterans Affairs committee  I actually don't have a comment on that, Ms. Wagantall. I'm not really sure about the commemorative plan for the Afghan war memorial, but I can tell you that to every Afghanistan veteran, it is almost a holy place where we would like to go and commemorate our fallen.

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you very much for the question, Ms. Wagantall. It's wonderful to see you again too. Thank you very much for the invitation. In 1994, Rwanda came up. Section 32 of the National Defence Act requires members of Parliament to sit in the House of Commons “within 10 days” for a

Veterans Affairs committee  Mr. Chair, Ms. Wagantall, and members of this committee, I would like to thank you for the invitation to appear before you today as part of your study on commemoration. Today I'd like to discuss existing Government of Canada policy that segregates active service veterans into ca