Mr. Chairman, there were two or three questions, and I will answer them in the order that they were put to me.
The member said that we would be practically alone in not following the same procedure. Of course, in a military environment, this kind of thing may raise concerns. In any case, I think that there are two or three good reasons for it. First, our mandate, unlike that of provincial ombudsman, is limited. We deal with complaints that have to do with the interaction between members or former members of the Canadian armed forces and the Department of National Defence. We know that Ontario's ombudsman, Mr. André Marin, and Quebec's protector of citizens, for instance, deal with issues that cover all departments.