Finance committee  Well, that's a good question. I guess it depends on the degree to which they are disabled. If we're talking about someone who is seriously disabled, then they are going to need, as a minimum, earnings at 90% or better. They are going to need what they were net receiving before they were injured as a minimum to continue, with some degree of financial security for life, to support their families.

Finance committee  Well, I can put my—

Finance committee  Certainly. With the new Veterans Charter, if I were using an analogy, we could call it an old, rotten, leaky tire. From our perspective, what happens is that the government continually applies Band-Aids, patches, to that leaky tire. It's still leaking. It's still a rotten tire. It's going to have to be replaced, but we keep putting these Band-Aids on top.

Finance committee  Good afternoon, Mr. Chair, and distinguished members of the committee. Thank you very much for having us here. We sincerely appreciate the opportunity to testify on behalf of the Equitas Society. My name is Major (retired) Mark Campbell. I am one of the six representative plaintiffs in the Equitas class action lawsuit; and my compatriot here, Corporal (retired) Aaron Bedard, is another one of the six plaintiffs.