No. That's the short answer. As part of our advocacy, we meet with a lot of MPs. We have met with some of you at either the local level or the national level. It is always one of our priorities to talk about veterans.
You know, the answer to the question is that probably it was because of the advocacy work...and not only by us. I don't want to take all the credit for this. It was also work by the many veterans associations, a couple of RCMP associations and the pension advisory committees, the three committees that have been established. It's in the law to have these committees. The unions have been pushing as well from their point of view. Of course, their main focus is on current employees, but they also think of employees who will be retiring. We have close relationships with them. I remember a meeting in 2017 with the veterans affairs and national defence ministers at the time, pushing for the idea of marriage after 60 and our advocacy work there.
As to why they took it back, I think they maybe had other priorities, because the mandate letters are based on the priorities they feel are politically sensitive at the time.