Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I want to thank the witnesses, all the members from DND and the Canadian Forces, for coming in and spending time with us today. I'm really excited to see that there is $900 million-plus in the supplementary estimates (B) to help with everything from readiness to our Canada First defence strategy and overhaul of equipment.
One of the lines in here under vote 1b provides for $190 million in extra funding for “strengthening the Canadian Forces Service Income Security Insurance Plan – Long-Term Disability components”. I was wondering if you could speak to that as to why we need it and how it's going to be utilized by members of the Canadian Forces.