Good morning, everyone.
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. We are a little bit behind because of the vote.
This is our ninth meeting on our study of the new Veterans Charter. We have with us today retired Colonel Patrick Stogran, Veterans Ombudsman, as well as Pierre Allard, service bureau director for the Royal Canadian Legion, Dominion Command.
We want to thank you, Mr. Allard, for the nice commemorative pins. We appreciate them.
Mr. Stoffer wanted a moment to say something.
Please go ahead, Mr. Stoffer. Then we'll go to the witnesses' opening statements.