Thank you, Minister.
Before we go to questioning, I want to thank, on behalf of all of us here, the Government of Canada and Veterans Affairs for making this the Year of the Korean War Veteran. On a personal level, I thought this was a wonderful distinction. So congratulations to the department for doing that.
Because of the time the minister has, after he leaves, Mary Chaput and Charlotte Stewart will be here for the second hour for any further questions that you may have. I have to be strict with the time; I hope I'm not rude.
We'll start off with Mr. Sylvain Chicoine, from the NDP.