What I would say is that there is a misunderstanding on the pension issue. When somebody is released for medical reasons, when they do reach the 10-year point, the annuity about which you're speaking is their Canadian Forces superannuation. For a member with 10 years' service, that is 2% per year, so we're talking about 20% of their salary. For the most part, these are very junior members who would be released. So, if we use $50,000 as a baseline salary, and you're talking 20% of that, no one is going to be able to live on that. Very often the individual is better to come under the care of Veterans Affairs at an earlier point because the benefits are more generous than if they were to remain in military service.
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