Veterans Affairs committee  That's actually a tough question to answer. I don't recall monuments having been attacked like this, certainly not this kind of monument, a monument to the fallen. Spread across the country, units erect monuments to their own, and they aren't required to report to us anything tha

Veterans Affairs committee  Was that directed at me, sir? I'm not sure it's a lack of education, because for Veterans Affairs, I know their programs well. Their outreach programs reach into schools across the country. When it comes to the overseas commemorative events, the major news networks broadcast liv

Veterans Affairs committee  I'm afraid I didn't get all of the question. As the interpreter said, the sound cut out after about 10 seconds.

Veterans Affairs committee  The only instance I know of, apart from the construction and the reconstitution of the monument, is on November 11, when at times there are crowd control fences for the Remembrance Day event. That's simply a crowd control measure for the event. It's not done out of defensiveness,

Veterans Affairs committee  I'm not sure I can say there are lessons learned. Canadians do remember and do honour. They don't need to be told to do that. The best example was the bridges over Highway 401 after four soldiers were killed in Afghanistan.

Veterans Affairs committee  Mr. Chair, I'm not aware of those statistics at all.

Veterans Affairs committee  Mr. Chair, I'm afraid I'm going to have to say I am a historian and that question is beyond my purview as the representative here as the chief historian.