Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I thank both the minister and the deputy minister for being here at committee. I appreciate that.
It has recently come to my attention that some military families are being told that they are no longer eligible for the Canada child tax benefit while they are stationed abroad. Not only that, but they are being put in arrears by the Canada Revenue Agency for the CCTB amount that they have already received. I am hoping that you will talk with your cabinet colleagues to rectify this situation.
Given that the government has signalled its intention to vote in favour of yesterday's NDP opposition motion to recognize the social covenant that exists between veterans and the government, does this mean that you plan to instruct the government lawyers to stop fighting veterans in court and reach an immediate settlement with those veterans who have launched a legal lawsuit against the government seeking this recognition?