Thank you.
Monsieur Hamel, you're aware, as I think the committee is, of Order in Council 2012-0861 of June 19, 2012. We on the committee were reminded of this by our researchers regarding ex gratia payments by the CDS in the context of the grievance process.
The operative component of that order in council is this:
The Chief of the Defence Staff may authorize an ex gratia payment to a person in respect of whom a final decision is made under the grievance process established under the National Defence Act.
Could you comment on how this change, assuming the right Treasury Board authorizations are received, obviously, will represent, could represent, should represent, an improvement to the grievance process?