For CAF members, military families, and the DND employees who have been exposed or have problems because of the contamination that they're exposed to, repeatedly the Government of Canada has used ex gratia payments to settle the claims related to the lack of protections the government has provided those workers. An example of that is that the government made ex gratia payments to some victims of Agent Orange in New Brunswick.
I'm wondering how often that happens. If you could provide me with that information that's administered through Veterans Affairs and with why the government decides to base the compensation on the idea of financial liability, that would be great.