My question is for the deputy minister. I thank you for clarifying the role of Veterans Affairs in the administration of the drug benefits. Of course, our concern here is to assess not only the use of public funds, but also how those funds are used for the health and well-being of our citizens, particularly those who have served our country.
What I'm concerned about is how this problem came to blossom to this extent before the Auditor General made his report.
I would like to understand much more the role of the new hire you have, the pharmacist who has come in and whether this person is enough to do the job that he or she faces. I would also like to understand the development of the decision-making framework, and in particular why in your action plan the target dates are simply Q1, Q2, Q3. For a problem that has reached this degree of urgency, I want to know why those target dates are, frankly, loosey-goosey.