Welcome to meeting number 103 of the Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs on Thursday, December 6, 2018.
Appearing before us in the first hour today we have the Honourable Seamus O'Regan, the Minister of Veterans Affairs. We have with him General Walt Natynczyk, the Deputy Minister.
Gentlemen, welcome. You have the floor at the start of the meeting.
Members, we are going to go to five-minute rounds all the way around because time is limited, as you know. On that point, I also would ask members to keep their questions concise and clear and to put them forth in a straightforward manner.
I'd ask the witnesses to do the same so that we can get in as many questions as possible.
Minister O'Regan, you have the floor.