Thank you. Thank you for being here today and for the important work that you're doing.
There was a Toronto Star article in December that stated there's a backlog of 29,000 vets who applied for disability benefits. We had a previous witness here from VAC on two separate occasions and I had asked him to confirm this number as correct. We haven't received an answer yet about this number. Do you think it reflects the actual backlog of veterans waiting for their claims to be processed? If so, maybe, what is your estimation? Do you think the 29,000 is an accurate number?