My point here is that in 2003 former Chief Justice Lamer was still the Supreme Court's chief justice. He said that it was not acceptable and should be done within DND and the CF.
What I'm saying is that financial delegation authority exists right now, and the DM uses that. The DM gives financial delegation authority to a captain, a lawyer captain, who can spend $10,000 on a farmer in Afghanistan, but does not give to the Chief of the Defence Staff, who is the head of the whole Canadian Forces, the authority to spend $100 on someone who lost something on duty.
I support the Minister of National Defence. Mr. Chair, I really do appreciate that I was invited here on very short notice, but when I followed this up recently, I saw that the Minister of National Defence said in front of this committee that Bill C-41 includes provisions to improve efficiency of the grievance process with a view to making it more effective, transparent, and fair. I am saying if you don't give the Chief of the Defence Staff that authority, you're not going to make it transparent, fair, and effective.