Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Mr. Hillier, for the information you've been giving us here today.
This is not my committee, but I'm very pleased to be here. I have several veterans in my family, including my father, so veterans issues are extremely important to me. Over the years members of my family and I have had several opportunities to interact with Veterans Affairs, and most of them have been very positive. On the whole, a good job is being done.
I think it's a sign of caring and thoughtfulness that the Veterans Bill of Rights has been implemented, as well as the ombudsman for veterans. I'm very glad to see both of those things in place. As we've said before here today, the ombudsman is a fairly new position. It's something we are working through, and I think everybody has the best interests of the veterans at heart. So I'm quite sure we will get there.
The information I have indicates that the ombudsman can undertake a review of an issue on his own initiative, at the request of the minister, or at the request of a veteran, a client. Are there any limitations on what the ombudsman can deal with, or is he free to deal with anything a client or anyone else asks him to?