Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Mike. Thank you, Harold.
I've had the opportunity to have you guys in my office for meetings, and you've certainly enlightened me on the issue. I want to thank you for your service and thank those in the audience as well, and I really thank you for bringing this issue forward. I'm sure that all of the other veterans who are watching today would probably give you a big shout-out for being here to continually push this issue.
You say that you started in 2017, I think. I've been on committees since I was elected in 2019. I don't know if you've thought of what we actually do and can accomplish in reality. The news part is good—the news story—but at the end of the day, I'm disappointed.
The minister has not met.... I hope that we will have the minister in here. The minister would be the one who would do the policy. It's not so much this committee.
We heard last week from Mr. Sampson, who happened to be here as well, that there are really two issues that he feels are probably the reason. One is that the current government might not recognize war in general; it's perhaps just not what they want to get out there. The second is the financials.
Sitting here, I'm of the belief, quite frankly, that they don't want to do it. Why do you think they don't want to support this? As a committee, I think everyone in this room is thankful for your service and believes in what you're saying, and you've met with many MPs.
Why do they not want to support this?