I want to come back to the appeal board again because another case that was referenced by Mr. Richards was that there were.... He's hearing stories from veterans who have been repeatedly denied, including from one with a hearing loss fight with Veterans Affairs.
As you rightly pointed out, the Department of Veterans Affairs actually pays lawyers to fight the department on behalf of veterans. It's the bureau of pensions advocates. When it came time to vote on estimates, to allot some additional funds to the bureau of pensions advocates, to provide veterans with lawyers to fight against the department to get them what they feel they are entitled to, the Conservatives voted against that. If they had gotten their way and were able to block that additional expenditure, what impact would that have had on veterans coming before Veterans Affairs to get what they feel they are rightly entitled to?