Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Minister, thank you so much for being here again before our committee, and General, welcome back. It's good to have both of you with us.
I want to say first of all, Minister, that I believe you are doing a good job in putting together the outcomes that we are looking for and that were expressly mandated to you in the mandate letter. I want to thank you for the good work you've done. I think we are on the right track.
I want to ask you specifically about the earnings loss benefit and the fact that this will increase the pre-release salary to 90% from 75%. I know that the money being allocated for that is part of the supplementary estimates here. Could you talk a bit about the earnings loss benefit and why it is so important to fulfill that commitment?