Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Thank you very much, Minister and Deputy Minister and Chairman of the Veterans Review and Appeal Board, for being here.
I was analyzing some of the numbers. I notice that from 2005-2006 to 2006-2007, there's a $146 million increase—that's from actuals. Then, from main estimates there's a large spike of about $350 million, and then $21 million. That's a substantial sum.
I'm looking at page 2 of the analysts' report on those figures.
Mr. Marchand was in about six months ago saying they had made substantial progress in reducing the backlog. I think it had been almost completely caught up. I want to make sure there's enough in that total budget to ensure that we can avoid those backlogs again and that the veterans will be served in real time on an ongoing basis.