Veterans Affairs committee  I'll jump in. One hates to put one element of the Canadian Armed Forces against another. I would say the battles that happened at sea are out of sight and, to some degree, out of mind. I hate to put it this way. One of the luxuries that a soldier may have is to go back and visit

Veterans Affairs committee  No, that's fine.

Veterans Affairs committee  Mr. Samson, thank you. I would say that certainly it's a big deal here in Nova Scotia and Halifax. We do a tremendously appreciated large event in front of the sailors monument down by the oceanfront every year—in a normal year. I would say that the same happens in Ottawa. The

Veterans Affairs committee  Mr. Amos, we've already been investigating, not necessarily video games, but actually getting active video into our ships. Someone could put their phone up to the ship, and the next thing they'd know, they'd be looking through their phone back into a battle of the Second World Wa

Veterans Affairs committee  Okay, I'll kick it off, sir. Thank you very much. I thought you might be asking some questions like this. The first thing, I would say, is assistance by government, particularly for a group like ours, which is quite independent, using things like social media. The COVID crisis h

Veterans Affairs committee  Mr. Chair, honourable committee members, thank you for the important work you are doing. My name is Bill Woodburn, and I'm here today with my close colleague and good friend, Mr. Wendall Brown. We are both representing the Canadian Naval Memorial Trust. We are both retired naval