Prince George, B.C. – “Hopeful.”

That’s how legion zone commander (BC, Yukon) John Scott is feeling following a meeting last week with Prince George-Peace River Conservative MP Bob Zimmer.

It was regarding the 2012 closure of the Veterans Office in Prince George, something Scott says “has been a sore point for local veterans ever since.”

He says veterans “need two dedicated veterans affairs employees,” and says it doesn’t matter where they operate (currently it’s out of the Service Canada office).

“Where they house the office is really nobody’s business but the government’s. But the fact is they have to be veterans affairs trained people (currently he says they’re not).”

Scott says Zimmer hasn’t made promises, but is hopeful nonetheless.

“He made some commitments that he would look into it and he would see if he could help us out and come up with a sound solution to the problem,” he said.

“He’s got to discuss it of course with Veterans Affairs Minister Erin O’Toole. And I have hopes there because he seems to be moving on some of the issues.”

Zimmer confirms it’s an issue he’s working on.

“I’m going to talk to Erin about it. I’ll be talking with him this week just to see what we can do. Something will be coming forthwith.”