Good morning, Mr. Stoffer. It is a pleasure to see you this morning.
I know that you are very committed to this matter on behalf of veterans. I certainly feel that there is an anomaly. These people fought for our freedom and we need to be very attentive to their retirement situation.
Have you costed this out? Of course, members of the RCMP and the Canadian Forces are affected by your bill, because they have paid into employment insurance for their entire careers. Some have said, the parliamentary secretary for one, that your proposal will cost $5.5 billion in the case of the Canadian Forces. That was the cost estimate.