I'd like to expand on that as well, Mr. Secretary. The Pension Act focuses on the pain and suffering; that's all it does. It is not for vocational rehab. It is not rehabilitation. It has nothing to do with any of that. Only one of the programs under the new Veterans Charter, the disability award lump sum, can be compared with the Pension Act.
You would have to compare a comprehensive system with the War Veterans Allowance Act, which compensated World War II veterans. It's disingenuous to make such a comparison with the amount of money spent on a comprehensive rehabilitation program that anybody can access. Anybody in the Canadian Forces who's compensated under the Pension Act or under the new Veterans Charter can get new Veterans Charter benefits. However, Pension Act payments are only for pain and suffering, and they are only for those who are wounded or handicapped in the service of Canada.
So putting the two side by side, you see they are not the same. Not even close.