Thanks very much, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to the minister and officials for being here with us again.
I think it is appropriate that you're here during Remembrance Week, and I'd like to take this opportunity, as others have done, not only to thank veterans but to thank those who are currently serving for their service.
I find that there are some good things in the supplementary estimates. In particular, I am very pleased to see the additional funding for the military family resource centres, which I know do a fabulous job in my riding at CFB Esquimalt and across the country. It's almost a cliché to say that it's not just the member who serves but the family, and I'm glad to see us doing more to resource those services and families. Thank you for that, Minister.
I'm also glad to see the provision for compensation for those LGBQT2 service members who were prejudicially treated pre-1992. However, what I see here, based on the class action lawsuit, is a very narrow approach to that problem.
In November 2016, this committee made a request to the minister to authorize the revision of service records, a separate issue from the compensation, so that the service of those members who were kicked out could be recognized as honourable. We had the military ombudsman here before the committee. He said that, on request, he would be able to deal with those if he was authorized by the minister.
I'm asking you today to go beyond the class action lawsuit and follow the advice of this committee, which was unanimous, to revise the service records to recognize as honourable the service of those who were kicked out.