Mr. Chairman, I think the member has sort of framed it in the proper context, because that definitely is a commitment we made. It was under program review in 1995. It was a benefit that went to our allied veterans that was sort of disappeared overnight.
We have made the commitment to reinstate that, which we will do. I believe I had that question from the same member in the House of Commons. In 30 seconds, it's pretty difficult to give a complete answer, but the truth is that it's one I personally want restored.
A number of members on both sides of the House have talked to me about this. It's something that we did get into the platform. It's something that we will honour. To be very honest with you, today, and I shouldn't say just today, we have been working within the department to take a proposal to cabinet. That's something we hope to do very soon, once we get the numbers down and the details laid out.
I'm very positive. Again, the Prime Minister stated this. I'm not sure if it was a question put to him, but he has not hesitated to say it's a commitment that we're going to honour, and it's one that we will definitely honour. We do know the whole history. There's no sense in going into the history of why something was taken away, because the governments of a particular era are elected to do what they feel they have to do at the time, and that was a decision made. But it's a commitment we made that will definitely be honoured.