Veterans Affairs committee  It probably means that I would not be able to help in some ways that I would really like to help. Things change so much over time. When Walt and I made our decision to opt out of the pension, nobody anticipated that it would be $2.03 for a litre of gas and that sort of thing, rig

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes.

Veterans Affairs committee  And that I want to do.

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you.

Veterans Affairs committee  That's correct.

Veterans Affairs committee  It would change the days and, hopefully, years that come. We purposely retrofitted our home and invested our funds in making it as wheelchair accessible as possible. We are presently changing our bedroom ensuite to make it better and more easily accessible to both of us. With a

Veterans Affairs committee  That is totally amazing. As I've said, I'm secure inside my family, but I know there are countless stories out there that would have had impact in a study, or whatever, such as you're speaking of. What amazes me is that we're looking at it with a very fine comb at the moment, bu

Veterans Affairs committee  It makes no sense to me. It's the injustice. It's not even the individual story.

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes, and rather than five stories, there would be 300 different ones.

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes, we did a lot of talking about it. Walt really struggled because he had a choice to be given a pension or sign it away. It didn't come easy to him. Actually, I made the final decision on that. As I stated earlier, we chose to live not in the future, but in the present. Leavi

Veterans Affairs committee  There are a couple of points. Walt got out of the service fairly early, as he indicated, so his pension in and of itself was not well padded. We'll put it that way. Out of that, we would have had to pay $489 or $500 a month to stash away 50%—I think, but maybe it would not have

Veterans Affairs committee  Hello. It is a privilege to speak before a committee whose mandate is to rectify an injustice. I am Norma, an active, healthy, 73-year-old, who enjoys life and is grateful for all it offers. Walter and I share our money, our energy and our dreams. We want to live in the home tha