Thank you, Chair.
Before I start, I'd just like to recognize some of the impressive veterans who we have in attendance today and thank them for coming. I think it's really great when we have veterans coming to our committee and the interest they have.
Thank you for your service and I think you recognize that this is not a partisan committee. We're all working together to benefit all the veterans from coast to coast. So thank you for coming.
I'll start, Minister, with my first question. In the upcoming weeks we're going to have the Veterans Ombudsman as well the Veterans Review and Appeal Board.
The Veterans Ombudsman put out a report at the end of the year basically outlining some of the issues and difficulties with the letters veterans receive after their application has been processed. It was quite detailed. I think it was about 28 pages and there were some recommendations in there.
Can you provide us with some of the improvements the department has undertaken just to give an idea to the people at home what the department's done so that veterans have a better understanding of the outcomes of their letters?