Mr. Chair, it is first of all a case of defining what the changes would be and estimating the number of veterans who would be impacted by them; then it becomes a bit of a mathematical exercise. Let me give you an example, Mr. Chair. If you were to increase, for example, the top end lump sum payment—sadly, at 100% it is for death—by x number of dollars, our statisticians forecast, in consultation with the Canadian Armed Forces, how many veterans may be injured, and that would give you an indication of these numbers.
Regarding some of the other recommendations, I can't speculate as to what this committee may decide by way of recommendations to government, but my advice to you, having been around this for a long time, is to make the recommendations as clear as possible so that they can be more easily costed.
I leave it to the committee to decide where it would like to get costing expertise. I won't speculate on that.