Monsieur Renaud and Monsieur Sylvestre, it's just a delight to meet both of you and to be acquainted with you. I want to thank you on behalf of all of us for the service you've given to our great country and making us the great nation we are.
You've come forth with some very interesting observations, and I have some questions on some key areas.
First and foremost, we've heard from Mr. Henwood before you, and many groups, about the lump sum disability payment and the negative impact it's had on the lives of our veterans. We know that Francine Matteau also says that she believes the federal government made a mistake when it abandoned the monthly pension payments, and she called for a return to the monthly pension benefits versus the lump sum. I wondered if you could both comment on that.
As we know, the new Veterans Charter was always meant to be a living charter. It was always meant to be something we could make revisions and changes to as we saw necessary. Now that we've identified this significant flaw, the onus is on us to make the changes to correct this for our veterans.
I wonder if you want to comment on that.