I never envisioned this bill of rights to be a legal document. We're going to get counsel in here, and maybe it will end up being that. I always saw it as something complementary to the ombudsman, whose power is one of public shame. The bill of rights would be a tool that he or she would operate with, so that when a complaint came in, there would be a basis or a framework of what the substantive principle would be for the concerned veteran, and they would act accordingly. That document would go along with any public shame that would come from any investigation that an ombudsman would do.
So whether or not it becomes a legal document, the power that the document could have as both as a comfort to veterans, as Ms. Hinton has mentioned, and a tool for the ombudsman to use when it's required, just as the Auditor General uses it now as a stick for the department when it's necessary, is not diminished, as far as I'm concerned.