The investments being made that the minister spoke about and that we are aware of.... What I understand is that these are going to go into the adjudication process—getting the disability claims through and getting those wait times down. The service standard that Veterans Affairs publishes is that 80% of the decisions on disability claims will be made within 16 weeks. They have not reached that yet. I hope that this investment, which I'm encouraged by, will work toward achieving those claims decisions within their service standard.
Let's be clear: The disability claim is the gateway to treatment benefits for our veterans. They can't move forward.... They have to pay out of pocket, or they may have a health care plan, but they aren't getting the treatment benefits for their service-related disabilities until that claim is approved—if it's approved. Anything that helps to reduce that wait time, I absolutely applaud.