Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. I would like to split my time with Mr. Brassard.
I thank the witnesses for being here today, because I think everybody finds the backlog unacceptable and the purpose of the meeting is that we are looking for solutions. We're looking for specific plans and things that are concrete. We have heard some things from veterans' groups saying that pre-approval would be a great step forward.
As a new member of this committee, too, I find it disheartening.
Mr. Thomson, first of all, thank you for sharing your story, but I find it unbelievable that the Canadian Armed Forces could dismiss somebody for medical reasons but then take absolutely no responsibility for attributing that disability. The fact that they're not sharing this information and that it's not pre-approved, I don't understand how the right hand and left hand in government can't get this together.
If they were to implement a pre-approval program in your case, do you think there would be any downside to that?