If I may, I'll turn now to you, Vice-Admiral Donaldson.
We've had this discussion before, the last time out, about delegation of authority for final results of grievances being made by the CDS, and I put it forth in the context of morale and discipline. You may have been here to hear the ombudsman talk about the huge number of grievances that are stalled and the length of time it takes. He said on average it takes two years to get a grievance through the system.
I know that commitments were made last time to try to make improvements, and I guess one of the questions is whether there have been any.
On the issue of delegation, I think you would agree that the previous CDS, and I'm sure the new CDS, made it his business to take a personal interest in and to have a personal relationship with the members of the CF. I think he achieved that very well. Even if the work, shall we say, may be delegated to someone else, surely, knowing that the final decision can actually be in the hands of the CDS, all the work of sifting through the evidence and weighing it might be done by a delegate, who could say, “Okay, here's where it's at and this is what I think we should do”.
Why would you delegate that away from the CDS? I know he has plenty of things to do, but why would you do that?