Thank you.
First, I would like to inform the committee that the Department of National Defence completely accepted and agreed with all of the OAG findings and recommendations, and developed a sound management action plan that is currently being implemented. It is not something that we're looking at over the horizon, item-by-item. We're already doing a lot about this.
As you noted, one of the issues raised by the Auditor General was ensuring that matters proceed in a timely manner within the military justice system.
Bill C-77, by introducing summary hearings and leaving minor disciplinary breaches at the unit disciplinary level, would ensure that only more serious issues are retained at the court martial level. We anticipate that keeping minor disciplinary matters at the unit level and serious ones for court martial would de-clog and streamline the system, cutting delays in a very significant fashion.