Thank you for that.
Nobody's arguing that.... Justice Lamer recommended was that we find a way to do this, but it has been through two governments, so I'm suggesting that maybe it's not that easy. There's nobody operating the system in bad faith or bad will. I just don't believe that.
You served as a major general. Obviously we never worked together, but I'm sure that you did operate with goodwill towards the troops and the troops' welfare and so on, as I think anybody in command does. However, in a letter to the committee you say you “believe there is an issue related to the military redress of grievance process that should be included in the draft legislation and would serve to address a significant unfairness that currently exists”. That's what we've just been talking about. Then, in a letter to the Minister of National Defence recently, you said that “amendments to legislation may not be necessary and a solution may not be that complicated”.
I'm not pointing that out as some big contradiction, but there's a variance of opinion, I think, in your own mind as to whether we need legislation. Can it be done through regulation? What mechanism would you suggest specifically to disburse funds employed by that position, by the CDS?