I can respond to that in a couple of ways. In terms of the fact that we have had discussions internally about this, we've discussed this matter through our management committees and what have you. As a lead-up to the Veterans Charter, I had the opportunity to visit about 22 of our field offices across the country, doing basically town hall types of discussions with the staff and talking about how we are doing with regard to providing services to veterans. While there was no formal discussion—no formal consultation, if I can call it that—certainly some of these things were, should I say, tested and what have you. From my perspective, then, there is a knowledge there that there will be an ombudsman coming forward. The basic question has been how it's going to work. In fact, that hasn't been sorted out, and it won't be until such time as the decision has been made as to what the ombudsman is.
Interestingly enough, when you talk with veterans organizations—and they've all appeared here—I think they will tell you that they all support the concept of a bill of rights and an ombudsman. Each veterans organization has a different view as to exactly how that might work and what the authorities may be. Until such time as a decision is made by the Government of Canada on what the model is, a lot of the questions are somewhat hypothetical, including how long it will take. Depending on what its mandate is, you may need an office of ten people or you may need an office of fifty people. Gearing up for fifty would obviously take somewhat longer than for ten. It would be a significant challenge for the ombudsperson to do that.