To: Hon. Albina Guarnieri; Hon. Bill Graham; Hon. John McCallum Many thanks for the letter with condolences following the death of my husband, a RCNVR veteran of WWII - he is now at rest. However, I strongly feel the Order in Council (P.C. 3264) dated August 14, 1946 should definitely be reopened. I know that the records of 14,100 service personnel will be more likely about 5,000 at the present time. The records were presumably dumped because personnel went "absent without leave or deserted between Sept. 10, 1939 and January 1, 1946". One of the "deserters" passed away Oct. 31, 2005 in The Year of the Veteran -- an engineer, Army lieutenant in charge of Bailey bridges in Europe. His "desertion" was an extra year as a member of the Allied Occupation Force in Holland. However, I did assist my cousin in regaining TRUE veteran status. These missing veterans are "out there" and should contact the Department of Veterans Affairs Canada -- I have phone numbers. The Hon. Bill Graham has committed that National Defence will review an infividual's "deemed never to have served" status for any who come forward -- the title of VETERAN is important, should nursing home care be necessary, due to age of personnel. There is a toll free number re services and benefits - 1-866-522-2122 The Year of the Veteran should be extended for MISSING PERSONNEL. Muriel M. Davidson muriel_davidson@sympatico.ca Co-Chair, Canada Census Committee An Unrecognized Code Talker, WWII except by Dr. Rey Pagtaykan