Thanks very much. That's very encouraging.
What I would like to do at this point, Mr. Chair, is give notice of a motion that I intend to move in the committee. I'm sorry that due to some technical questions I don't have copies to distribute, because the clerk has had to help me with the form of the motion.
The motion reads:
That the Committee recommend that the Honourable Minister of National Defence authorize the National Defence and Canadian Forces Ombudsman to revise the service records of LGBTQ members of the Canadian Forces who received dishonourable discharges from the military based on their sexual orientation or gender identity.
That's a motion that will be circulated as a matter of course and that I will bring forward.
I think what we've heard from the ombudsman is that his office stands ready to do this work. I think it's important work for us to do.
Something you said really resonated with me: that this is a matter of justice for those who received the dishonourable discharges, but also a matter of the image of the Canadian military, and that this would be a positive thing for the Canadian Armed Forces to do.
If this came to pass, would it place a burden on your office that you wouldn't be able to handle, or do you think that if, let's say, there were 800 individual cases to review, your office would be capable of doing it?