In terms of the word “steal”, her party would understand that word more clearly than I would, Mr. Chairman.
But I will tell you this, I'm not here to pick a fight with the former minister. The truth is that the letter was not signed by the Prime Minister, who at that time was leader of the opposition. It was not written by him. And it was never a promise that we made in the campaign, Mr. Chairman. But the truth is that in terms of the delivery of that service, we're committed to improving that service and committing services to all veterans.
As she well knows, there are about 94,000 individuals now receiving that service, and 258,000 survivors do not receive it.
In terms of her record on taking benefits away from veterans, it was her government that took away benefits from our allied force veterans, Mr. Chairman. So her record is not exactly sterling in her treatment of veterans and their families.