Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Some of us had the opportunity to visit with the new veterans ombudsman yesterday when he did an update. We know that Mr. Stogran started the process some time ago to establish his office. He didn't get into specific numbers, at least in the time I was there. He may have with others. I think it would be a fair assumption that he is going to be very busy. His office will be very, very busy, because as you suggested in your notes, this is something that veterans have been looking forward to for quite some time. So realistic or not, there will be huge expectations that his office--and he did allude to this in his remarks--can do miracles. Of course, he won't be able to. That said, there will be many cases, and whether they have merit or not, they will still require considerable human resources to vet them and to at least say to an applicant that this is not a situation we can deal with. They will still require processing.
Are you satisfied, Minister, that the budget allocated for that position and the office is sufficient, especially, as has been raised by a number of members, including my colleague, Ms. Guarnieri, with the great number, sadly, of new OSI cases we can expect in the years ahead? I think they will trigger a great proportion of the inquiries. Are you satisfied? We can disagree--we'll put it aside for this discussion--about whether the ombudsman should report to the minister or to Parliament, but that aside, are the resources there for the future?