I didn't see any figures from Treasury Board, but it says that an ex gratia payment is subject to any conditions imposed by the Treasury Board. It is clear, when you look at those conditions, as it states here, that this directive of ex gratia is not used to “fill perceived gaps or compensate for the apparent limitations in any act, order, regulation, policy, agreement or other governing instruments”, if, for example, a particular subject is governed by another instrument, and so on and so forth.
We are of the opinion that the fact is that ex gratia is subject to conditions, and those conditions are that the chief of the defence staff will not be able to fully compensate someone who has been wronged financially, if it is felt that it will fill a gap that already exists in an existing law or instrument.