Mr. Chair, I would respond to the question regarding the committee from an international perspective.
Certainly after speaking with my colleagues, particularly in the U.S. and Australia and some other of the allied countries, I know they're very jealous of the Canadian model. Generally senior officials, with their equivalent of Veterans Affairs Canada, have to deal with many branches of the service. They have to deal with the army, the navy, but in this model, when we sit down at the table, Admiral Smith speaks for the Canadian Forces and all branches of the Canadian Forces, and I speak for Veterans Affairs Canada. In terms of a method of communication, a way of getting business done, certainly internationally my colleagues say they wish they had that kind of model in their countries.