Thank you, sir.
I can't respond in French because I'm a unilingual Calgarian.
It's a very good question, and it's almost a political question that you're asking of a soldier. My personal opinion is that reporting to a committee would be awkward. With all due respect to this committee, sometimes committee decisions take forever.
I am led to believe that the ombudsman for DND responds to the Minister of National Defence. There is a thought that the ombudsman from Veterans Affairs should be the same individual as for DND, similar to Australia, I think. I personally don't agree with that, because it's almost a conflict of interest.
With all due respect, sir, I think he should respond to the minister, with the clear understanding that I mentioned—integrity, honesty, and so forth. But he has to report to somebody, and if it's not going to be the minister, it's going to be a committee or, for that matter, and I'm way out of my depth here, possibly to Parliament.