Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.
Thank you both for coming today.
If you've had a chance to look at the bottom sample here, if I were working for Veterans Affairs Canada, the word “accountable” would always make me nervous.
You're saying this could be an amendment or an addition to the Veterans Charter, but is it at all possible to design a bill of rights that not necessarily has legal standing but has sort of a complementary standing? It would basically say, “Here's what we would like to see happen for all veterans when they approach DVA on various issues. This is what we hope happens, but it doesn't necessarily need to have legal standing.”
What exactly does the word “accountable” mean in legal language? Should something like that be in something of this nature?