Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Mr. Minister, I still have three questions for you. I invite you to take note of them; I will be pleased to hear your answer.
My first question deals with the fact that the chief of the defence staff is going to delegate his duties as final adjudicator in the grievance process. In my opinion, if he is allowed to delegate these final duties, it will put the chief of the defence staff out of the loop and he will not really know the status of the disputes. I would like to know what you think about this.
Here's my second question. The bill also sets out the obligation of carrying out independent reviews in the future. There is great deal of protest about the current grievance procedure. We are talking about future independent reviews. When are we going to make the most of the independent reviews on the grievance process, something I am particularly interested in?
My last question concerns the military judges who will now have the right to file a grievance themselves. To my knowledge, this is fairly new. I find that it is an infringement on a judge's judicial restraint. The equivalent does not exist in public or civil law. Is it not an infringement on a judge's judicial restraint if he has the right to file his own grievances to complain about how he is treated?