Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you both very much for coming.
Mr. Butler, when you were with us before, we talked about the unfortunate release within the department of the personal information of Sean Bruyea. You said at that time that there were now procedures and policies in place to keep this from happening again. Well, unfortunately, it has happened in two other cases that we're aware of. We simply don't know how many other cases we might have. We have a fair number of veterans and their families now filing freedom of information requests to assure themselves that that their personal information wasn't somehow made available.
So first, I'd like you to comment on the cases of Dennis Manuge and Sylvain Chartrand, regarding their personal information being released.
Second, the Veterans'Ombudsman issued a report, and I'm wondering if you have had a chance to see it. The ombudsman made some solid recommendations to assist the department, and I was wondering if you could do a quick survey of what your department will be doing to respond to what he has recommended.
Thank you for coming.