Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Mr. Parent, for being here today with your colleagues. As the chair indicated, I'm not a regular member of the committee, but I do appreciate a lot of the issues surrounding the Veterans Review and Appeal Board. Not unlike other members of Parliament, I get a lot of inquiries from time to time with respect to decisions. I have a couple of questions for you today.
First, our government has launched several initiatives aimed at improving the decision-making process and the related appeals process for veterans. I understand that Veterans Affairs and the Veterans Review and Appeal Board are undertaking a plain language effort to make decision letters more clear to our veterans.
Do you believe this effort and a similar effort undertaken not only by our government but by the Veterans Review and Appeal Board to use this plain language decision-making process is a positive initiative for our veterans?