I think it's an excellent point and I agree with you wholeheartedly.
We have the data. Someone once said to me that Veterans Affairs Canada was data-rich and knowledge-poor. I do believe they have the data. With the data we've captured over the last 50 or 60 years, we should be able to project what the cost of putting a soldier in any theatre would be.
We have accrual accounting, so if we know that it takes $5 to put a soldier in theatre but we're going to need $5 more to support them when they come home, then we should book that. We shouldn't continue to have these conversations because every time there is a theatre of operation, a special duty, or whatever it might be, we come back and these conversations start. Ombudsmen get in front of committees, and we talk to parliamentarians and we have the same conversations. If we have the ability and we have the data, why aren't we mining that data to tell those who make these decisions that it costs five bucks to go but another five bucks to come home? I think we could do that. I think we have enough expertise and technology today that we could extrapolate what those costs could potentially be.