Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Mr. Larlee and Ms. Sharkey, thank you very much for coming today.
I think our friend Peter Stoffer has pointed out that we know that this is a complicated area, a continuing challenging area. The questions are penetrating, and we realize you can't answer all of them because you're in a quasi-judicial role, so the issue continues for us.
I would like to start by just pointing out--Ms. Sgro and certainly the others over there would not have been part of that visit last year--that we certainly appreciated the briefing we got and the understanding of how the process works. And it's a compliment I gave the former government for setting this board up. I think you would find the family connection back then with the party of the day was rather obvious when it was set up. So when you look at that question, you realize that's not necessarily a new affiliation. It has happened.
The point I'd want to stress from all of us is that we understand and appreciate the fact that the board is independent from the government and has to do its own work. I think that's how it has to work.
I would like to ask...and I realize you're limited in what you can say. We are doing the charter, obviously looking for ways we can suggest changes or improvements to the process and how to make it a little better for the vets. With the new vets coming on board, we realize the challenges continue to change. But looking at it, how would you describe the differences since the charter has come in, and what should we be aware of and mindful of as parliamentarians as we're making suggestions? I know you can't make direct recommendations, but you have obviously run into changes since the charter has come into place. Maybe you can highlight what some of those are for us.