Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you very much, Minister, for being here this afternoon. As a committee, we certainly appreciate the opportunity to study this bill, and we look forward to having it move through our legislative process as soon as is practicable.
Minister, both in your presentation and in a response to a previous question, you explained that, where possible, the military justice system should mirror the civilian system, and that where it makes sense, certain important features of the civilian system—pragmatic, positive features—should be reflected in the military justice system. But still, at the end of the day, it's important that we have a separate and distinct military justice system. Why is that important?