Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you both for being here today. At the outset, I want to thank you as well for your service to our country. As I said in the previous hour, I have the utmost respect for the women and men who serve our country. Thank you very much.
You wrote a letter to the minister in December. It's now February 5. To provide some context for those that follow our proceedings, I'd like to clarify that the topic of your letter was the veterans community's concerns about some of the unfair retroactive measures proposed in Bill C‑15, an act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on November 4, 2025, which seek to exclude territories from accommodation and meal expenses charged to veterans receiving long-term care.
The minister was here in the previous hour. Did you cross paths with her when she left, between the two sessions of the meeting?