Just to give you a sense of the clients, there are approximately 800,000 people in Canada potentially eligible for our benefits and services. The most used program today is the disability pension program, with 178,000 Canadians in receipt of a disability pension. As for the disability awards, which are part of the new Veterans Charter, there are currently 10,400 clients in receipt of those. In terms of the war veterans allowance, the low income...that we talked about a few minutes ago, there are approximately 27,000 recipients. There are 103,000 Canadians in receipt of VIP. And in terms of medical services, whether they be prescription drugs, other medical or dental services, hearing aids, and what have you, there are 111,000 clients receiving various types of medical benefits.
On February 11th, 2009. See this statement in context.