Actually, I was asked a similar question by General Dallaire at the Senate when I appeared a couple of weeks ago. We were set up as an advisory committee to advise the department. Having sat on VAC-CFAC, I had an understanding of what that meant. We had as our framework some very brief goals. We were left to develop these, and so we did, with much discussion. At every meeting, we had a senior bureaucrat, Darragh Mogan or Ken Miller, who would bring issues of policy to our notice.
I want to stress that our committee quickly established that, for information purposes, we wanted to have staff members from VAC present during our discussions. We requested people who were working in the programs related to economic issues, rehabilitation, and families. We invited them to provide us with information, and we challenged them along the way. That was the kind of process relationship we had.
In the beginning, the only directive we had was that this was an advisory group, charged with considering our stated goals, developing them, and reporting the results to the department. There were no constraints imposed on us in the performance of our task. I want to make that clear.
As to the report and its submission, we have improved some of the steps in our process. There have been some changes along the way, but we realize that there is still a lot to be done. That is the process in outline form.
I know that Colonel Ethell will want to add a few words.