Well, yes, this is my third turn today: it is the fifth on the other side, the fourth there, the second there, the second there as well. Let's not start keeping track. If we do so over a longer time, we will see who is right. We will talk about it next week, you can be sure of that, Mr. Chair.
I would like to ask you a question and I really want the answer. How many claims do you get and how many are accepted? You have those figures in your office, I feel sure. Could you provide them to the committee?
Then, I would like to know the amount of time between a claim being submitted and being approved. In general terms, how long does it take to process a file? A little while ago, I gave you an example where several months have gone by and the process is not finished because it is still being appealed. I would like to know how much time a file takes to process.
I am not talking about a simple claim. If we know that a person has lost both arms and both legs, we do not need to spend a lot of time agonizing over whether he is entitled to 100% of his salary. I am talking about a normal claim. If someone has lost an arm here and three fingers there, what percentage can he be given? What kind of job can he be rehabilitated for when he only has two legs left? Going a little further, how are the rehabilitation and benefits determined when someone suffers a head trauma after which the body works but short-term memory is partially affected?
I would like this information in writing. You could send it to the committee so that I can get my thoughts together and come up with specific questions for the person who is coming next week to testify about specific cases.
During the testimony, we heard that people making claims were often the victims of intimidation when they wanted to defend themselves. For example, they were advised not to do such and such a thing, not to take their case to court, or even not to make a claim because that could adversely affect their career path later on and prevent them from rising through the ranks in the Canadian Forces. We heard testimony that suggested that there might be intimidation at your level and people were afraid to make claims. I would like to know how much intimidation there is. Are you aware of that? I would like answers in writing. But if you have answers now, feel free to provide them.