Yes, exactly, you have a very good question.
The minister has suggested, until very recently, that he has a hands-off attitude with regard to the class action lawsuit in the British Columbia Supreme Court. If the Department of Justice wants to argue that there's no social covenant, it's apparently his position that he will not intervene, he will not issue an instruction to take that off the table. I find that objectionable.
It is the minister's responsibility as the Minister of Veterans Affairs to instruct the Department of Justice as to the position they will take in a legal suit that is being brought by a group of seriously disabled veterans. We find it offensive that the minister has not intervened. It's not the Department of Justice that argues principles for the government, it's the ministers of the various departments that have to instruct.
We've been on the other side of these cases for many years and we have found that ministers have been involved, so we're somewhat dumbfounded as to why this minister has had a hands-off attitude.
I hope that answers your question.