Thank you very much for coming, folks. There are a couple of things.
I want to be very clear on what our private member's bill says about the elimination of the VRAB. What it says quite clearly is we would eliminate it and replace it with peer-reviewed medical evidence in consultation with veterans and their organizations.
We would have a system in place where a person could get medical evidence. To protect the integrity of the system, to make sure they're not cheating it, they would have, similar to the CPP, another doctor verify the first doctor's medical evidence that indeed the person has a particular issue and that it may-—it doesn't have to be, it may-—be related to military or RCMP service. A benefit should flow from that, based on consultation with veterans and their organizations.
That is really what the bill says. I just wanted to put that on the record; I didn't want you to comment on that.
In your opening statement, sir, you said that more than 20,000 veterans and other applicants have been better off as a result of the decisions made by the board since its creation, yet the board has made 119,000 decisions. That would mean 99,000 people would have been rather ticked off at the board's decisions. If only 20,000 have been helped and 119,000 decisions have been made, you can make the reference that 99,000 people are not happy with the board's decisions.
I'd like you to comment on that. Having said that though, you're doing a study on the VRAB yourself, an internal one. Am I correct?