Thank you very much.
I second what Ms. Hinton has just said about the Legion. I have a northern Ontario riding with about 18 legions stretched across a large area. The services, social supports, and the opportunity for recreation and social life they provide to their members is incredibly important.
First, on the notion of an ombudsman, I appreciate you want to know more about where the government is going with it. I think we all do. In your thinking on the subject of an ombudsman, assuming there was one in place, would it be your expectation that the ombudsman would help a veteran exclusively with respect to the services of Veterans Affairs? Or if there was a program provided by the Government of Canada elsewhere, outside of the Department of Veterans Affairs but relative to that veteran--for example, Canada Pension disability--would you see a veterans ombudsman helping a veteran with a wide range of federal services, or strictly through Veterans Affairs?
As this idea of an ombudsman is developed, it occurs to me it's an area that I don't know if anybody has explored.