M-16 Use of surplus federal lands for services for veterans

That:

(a) the House recognize,

(i) that the government is making historic investments in the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) to meet our NATO funding targets earlier than committed,

(ii) the assumption that an increasing number of CAF service members will lead to a growth in the ranks of Canadian veterans over the next few decades; and

(b) it be an instruction to the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates to undertake a study on alternative ways to make use of underused and surplus federal lands and buildings, in ways that help reinvigorate communities by serving as centers that provide services for veterans, provided that,

(i) there be no more than six and no less than four meetings held on the study,

(ii) the committee report its findings to the House of Commons within six months following the adoption of this motion.