He was a veteran of the Great War. He phoned and explained that he had never known what had happened to people like me in Canada, while he was away in the trenches fighting for this country. He said he'd do anything he could now to help me. There's nothing he can do, but I am glad he called. His kindness gives me hope.
Today there is a new government in Ottawa.
And I am a year older. I've decided to write this because I'm not sure whether the people who told Mr Mulroney and Mr Weiner to ignore me aren't the very same advisors who will now tell Prime Minister Chreti n and Ms Finestone to do the same thing. I hope not. I've heard tell that there are some in Ottawa who hope that, once I'm gone, the government will be able to ignore the community's claims because the last surviving witness will be gone. I hope that's not true.