Thank you very much, Mr. Chair, and thanks to the guests who've come today.
Just to Mr. Bouchard's point, we did a study in the spring on veterans' benefits among our G-7 or G-8 partners. I think what Ms. McKenna-Fleming mentioned is that there are various differences among countries, but definitely Canada puts a high value on our CF members when it comes to all benefits and pensions.
I'd just like to make another comment. We as parliamentarians have found that Canadians, generally speaking--not just pointing out the CF members or RCMP members--have a pretty low level of financial literacy. It's something you have to work at every day, and we know many Canadians don't do that.
One of Mr. Stoffer's disputes with this bill has been the actual upfront cost, which is $7 billion. We heard the number referenced today. I wondered if you could comment, Mr. Cape, on your confidence level that this number would be in that range. We would even give you a plus or minus of 10%, but it's generally speaking in the multiple billions of dollars.