Veterans Affairs committee  CBC did an inquiry about this exact thing about elderly care. It was on just a couple of nights ago. It stuck out that the example they used was Denmark. That's one thing, I guess, that would be of concern to all of us who are aging now, especially for the health care that I'm t

Veterans Affairs committee  It would give me some clarity. So many laws have been changed. We're a sensitive society. Like I said in the beginning, it's not entirely about Walter and Norma Pinsent. It's about the individuals and families of veterans of the armed forces and the RCMP. I don't know of any o

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes. It makes me feel that we've been neglectful in our duties as husbands. As I said, I'm at the age now where it's a major concern that my beautiful wife will have some benefit for taking care of me since I got out of the forces. It's not her fault that when we got married I wa

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes, the option was there. Assessing it, as Sandy said earlier, we were limited in that it would have been taken from the pension I was receiving and put into another program. I might have gotten out of the force a little earlier than I wanted to on compassionate grounds, but it

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you very much for this invitation to speak. This is not entirely about Walter and Norma Pinsent. It's about a law that is discriminating, ageist, sexist, destructive and hurtful, that impacts individuals and families of veterans of the Canadian Armed Forces and the RCMP.