Thank you for being here today. We appreciate it. I'm glad you came in a couple of days earlier, because it would have been challenging this morning or late last night. It's nice to see all of you here today.
Quickly on the comparison, Canada is seen as one of the most compassionate countries in the world to our service men and women. We did a comparative study here last year. I would invite members to read that, because that can be a good stepping stone to some further studies as we move forward.
The minister's mandate letter makes reference to addressing the backlog. We talk about automatic approvals.
Can you expand on that for members? That's an important theme that we should share with everyone today.
Thank you.