Mr. Speaker, honouring the service and sacrifice of our veterans is at the heart of what we do. Many of our ill and injured soldiers receive benefits through our department. Delivering timely benefits is an area we can and must do better at. Since coming into office, we have received a 22% increase in applications for benefits. This is a good thing.
I can also say that we have plowed through much of the backlog left to us by the former government as a result of it cutting one-third of our front-line staff.
We will continue doing better. We will continue to deliver on behalf of veterans and their families.