Mr. Chair, once again, I apologize. I'm going to launch into this in English.
The advisory committee that was established for the Office of the Veterans Ombudsman was modelled along the lines of the DND ombudsman. The original intent was to offer organizations—I refer to them as the veterans advocacy groups--such as the Legion, ANAVETS, and those people an opportunity to inject their views concerning the Office of the Veterans Ombudsman.
I have taken a different tack. My membership for the veterans ombudsman group will comprise veterans. They may come from these various advisory groups, but I intend, before I launch into one of my tirades that might embarrass the Office of the Veterans Ombudsman, to float past our advisory committee my reports and the things we are going to put out to help the veterans community. It will be with a view to receiving feedback. As the veterans ombudsman, I am certainly going to work with all the veterans advocacy groups to get their ideas on what my priorities should be. But the advisory committee, under the chairmanship of retired Vice-Admiral Larry Murray, is going to be very much giving me advice on how they see my office impacting on the veterans community.