Veterans Affairs committee  The money is not returned to the pensioner. The government keeps the money. In that case, it was 100 and some thousand dollars invested in her security. If she passes, not a penny goes back to the pensioner. You have to remember that pensioners get small amounts. A big pension is

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you. It's kind of irrelevant. We're not eligible. It's that simple. On that $150 million, I understand that none of that has even been spent. The RCMP is not included. The Government of Canada does not recognize the RCMP as veterans. Therefore, we were excluded from that

Veterans Affairs committee  May I speak on this?

Veterans Affairs committee  First of all, in terms of the contributions, I'll use an example in terms of cost. We have many pensioners in this situation. We have a person who came to me who was paying $750 a month. He's been married for 17 years. So far, he's put in $153,000. If he dies, the government keep

Veterans Affairs committee  As I said earlier, not a penny goes to any RCMP folks. That's strictly a military venture.

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you for the opportunity to address this major problem among our retirees. As mentioned, my name is Alexander Glenn, and I go by the name of Sandy. I'm a retired member of the RCMP, and the current national president of the RCMP Veterans' Association. The current strength