Excuse me, Madam Speaker. It is just so engaging. When the same interdepartmental committee that the government is dealing with right now recommended the same benefits be stripped from our troops in Afghanistan, the government cut the red tape to ensure troops received what they deserved. This decision about the hardship and risk pay was made by officials. We believed it was incorrect and the government intended to re-examine it. That was done.
The former VAC minister, the member for Lévis—Bellechasse, said that the decision was not appropriate and in that circumstance, we dealt with the department and we ensured the circumstances were taken care of.
On that note, for this situation, I want to quote the member's minister, who is on the record with a tabled response to an Order Paper question on January 30, in which he states, “All Canadian Armed Forces personnel serving at all Operation IMPACT Kuwait locations received Tax Relief effective October 5, 2014...to September 1, 2016”.