Minister, the fastest way to eliminate the backlog would be to do what you did with CERB: to give people the CERB first and then later determine whether or not they're eligible.
If we can do that for high school students, for example, let's say, who earned $5,000 and then were immediately entitled to CERB, why can't we “believe veterans first”, give them the benefits they so desperately need and then review the file? You did it for students. Why can't you do it for veterans?