Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Folks, thank you all very much for your service. Thank you very much for being with us today.
Abe, I was wondering if one of you could possibly mention something. I do know that for the last several years there has been a file on the desk of the Minister of Public Works asking that the veterans independence program be applied to RCMP veterans and their spouses.
I was wondering if you folks could tell me how that process is going along. Do you have support, if you know, of the current commissioner for that possibility? I know the previous commissioner was not supportive of it, but I'm not sure if the new commissioner has even had time to be briefed on that very important issue for your retired members, especially the more elderly ones.