We will look for the numbers, but I'll start answering your question.
On the first part of the question, which was on the letter from the Royal Canadian Legion about the requirement to reopen the new Veterans Charter, you may have heard over the last two years the minister and departmental officials talking about a living charter. It is my understanding that when the new Veterans Charter was announced, the government committed that this new Veterans Charter was going to be a living charter and that we would modify the charter according to the needs as the needs became more visible and understood by us.
I've referred to the new Veterans Charter advisory committee, and of course one of their big pieces of work is to help us identify what works well with the new Veterans Charter programs, what doesn't work well, and what's missing. Later in the spring they will present their first report. I know for a fact that one of the areas that was identified early on is earnings loss. For example, when a veteran is undergoing rehabilitation, he is entitled to 75% of earnings loss compensation while he is getting himself ready to go back to work. The way the charter has been created, it's 75% of your pre-release military pay, and for some of the lower-ranking military men and women, that's not very much. So that's one area we need to look into to see if there are some changes needed.
That was your first question.
On your reference to the United Kingdom and the changes they've made recently to their allowances in the case of disability or death, I would be pleased to provide to the committee the analysis that we've done comparing the United Kingdom's recent announcement to the new Veterans Charter. I know you can't compare just the amount of the disability award, because the new Veterans Charter is an all-encompassing series of programs. The minister has asked for and we have done the comparison, and I'd be happy to provide that to the members of the committee to show that in most cases our Canadian veterans are better served by the new Veterans Charter than under that big number of $1 million, for example, coming out of the United Kingdom.
That's your second question.
I can't read my writing for the third question. I'll go to Agent Orange. We've had, if my numbers are right, for 2009...cheques issued, approved payments, up to--