Monsieur le Président, je collabore beaucoup avec mon bon ami et collègue, le député de Lambton—Kent—Middlesex, dans un autre dossier. Je sais à quel point la présente question lui tient à coeur et l'enthousiasme, comme c'était le cas pour moi il y a de nombreuses années.
Mr. Speaker, I do a lot of work with
my good friend and colleague, the member for Lambton—Kent—Middlesex, in another industry and I know how deeply committed and pas
sionate he is about this particular file, as I was many years ago when I encouraged my government to increase
its contributions, among other things, to the veterans independence program, as well as to ensure that veterans would be looked after in a way that is consisten
...[+++]t with national standards in a number of hospitals in which our veterans are cared for.