Thank you very much.
Mr. Chair, I think the question was answered very well. Both questions were answered well.
Because all reports of the Auditor General are very important to us, let me ask something about the reserve force pension plan. Specifically, I want to relay a circumstance.
A hero from my riding, Corporal Brian Pinksen, who was asked to serve his country, and did so quite willingly, lost his life in Afghanistan. He was a reservist with the 2nd Battalion, Royal Newfoundland Regiment. One of the things I think we all owe all of our reservists is to allow them a certain amount of security. That's, I think, what your chapter on the reserve force pension plan was all about: making good on a promise. Yet your audit revealed some pretty startling, very stark details about not fulfilling that promise. Anyone who's looking for a basic transaction to occur related to their pension plan, as has been guaranteed or promised them, could wait up to seven years before a basic transaction occurs.
One of the things you mentioned was that staffing resources were critical and that staffing resources were not available to allow the reserve force pension plan to function appropriately. Yet retired General Leslie says that the headquarters at the Department of National Defence is bloated with staff.
Would it appear to you that maybe there's a sign or a signal here that resources are not being used effectively by the Department of National Defence? If one side, your office, sir, is saying that there just weren't enough staff, and yet a senior member of our military, someone who has experience in this as well, is saying that in some sectors there are too many staff that are not functioning correctly, is that a misallocation of resources? Would you categorize it that way?