It was at the Canadian Institute for Military and Veteran Health Research conference in, I believe, November 2016, when the previous minister, Minister Hehr, laid out the policy, which was that—again, in response to a physician writing a prescription for a veteran if they believed that cannabis for medical purposes would be helpful to the veteran—the maximum would be three grams. Only in response to the recommendation of a specialist, be it a psychiatrist or an oncologist, would we go beyond the three grams. He also highlighted the need for more research in this area.
Therefore, this transfer of $150,000 is in partnership with the Canadian Institute for Military and Veteran Health Research, which is working together with the Canadian Institutes of Health Research—CIHR—and the Canadian Armed Forces, to move forward on a multi-year plan to have a much more comprehensive understanding of cannabis. Recognizing that we're providing financial support to in the order of 12,000 veterans across the country, we need to ensure that we have the rigour of evidence in support of the medical community, who are responsible for the provision of treatment to our veterans.