Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I'm not normally on this committee, but it's a privilege to be here at the moment to speak to each of you.
My questions will be for Director Hughes.
Back home in Cape Breton, we have quite a few Legions that do amazing work for veterans. In many cases, they will do some work for the RCMP and regional police. People forget that there's a large contingent of regional police officers who have gone overseas, whether it be to Afghanistan or Kosovo. One thing I've heard from those who are working in the Legions on behalf of other veterans, as I believe has been heard in this committee, is the red tape at Veterans Affairs Canada.
I'm looking to see if you can unpack quickly an example of how we can lessen red tape on a particular issue that's important to you and veterans, because we want to create better efficiency and effectiveness, as opposed to closing Veterans Affairs offices like the previous Conservative government did in Sydney. We had to open them up. I want to see where we can create better effectiveness and efficiencies, from your perspective.