Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thanks, Mr. Hawn, for both your time and your presentation, which is actually quite helpful to me in trying to understand this.
I hear both your care and concern for veterans. There may be a conflict of interest in this for you under our guidelines, as a member of the House of Commons, as a possible fiduciary beneficiary of such a thing. So I would be hopeful that you're mindful of that booklet on what you can and cannot vote on as a member of the House of Commons.
The government members of the committee have been pretty critical of Mr. Stoffer for his request to bring it to this committee as opposed to the defence committee. It's here at his request, and we accept that and understand it, and I actually welcome it. But that doesn't mean that the department doesn't have a responsibility for ongoing regular consultation with pension plan members and members of the regular forces who have a pension fund. I'm wondering, what conversations is the department having about this bill with military personnel, pension experts, and groups that advocate for military personnel?